Diego Maradona’s statue returned to the sculptor who created it
As per the multiple reports in Italy, one of Deigo Maradona’s statues in Napoli will be returned to the artist who created it.
The municipality of Naples has decided that the work should return to the studio of its sculptor, the plastic artist Domenico Sepe as it has an excessive value and therefore must be returned to the donor. The statue that was presented in November 2021 on the first death anniversary of Diego Maradona.
“It cannot accept the donation because the value of the work is greater than the artist’s spending possibilities. On the other hand, the ‘censorship’ is also explained in that dedicating a statue to Diego is a privilege that could also be attractive to other artists and giving that honor to Sepe is breaking ‘respect for the principle of impartiality,'” city counci...