The Municipality of Naples returns the statue of Maradona to the artist

Il Common di Naples ha returned to the artist Dominic Sepe la statue di Diego Armando Maradona.He revealed it The morning, who in today's edition clarified that the artist had not even been notified of the decision.

The statue of Maradona returned to the artist by the Municipality: the case

To trace the origins of this story we must go back to November of the 2021, when the statue was presented in front of the stadium recently named after the great Argentine champion in the presence of councilors, the patron De Laurentiis and former players and presidents who made the history of the Soccer Naples.

After an initial indifference to the case, the Municipality then started an investigation into the value of the work, which for the artist was approximately 30mila euros.The result was the following, on the proposal of the mayor Gaetano Manfredi and the sports councilor Emmanuel Ferrante: the statue is worth much more than its declared value.

And therefore it must be returned. A donation which therefore “cannot be accepted” according to the Municipality, which also explains that “the installation of the work gives the donor a non-negligible benefit of prestige and visibility”. So what? “strikes with the free nature of the donation” e “it may be attractive and contestable for other artists, imposing the principle of impartiality and the use of public tender procedures”.

The artist: “Deeply saddened.

Investigation? I don’t think so…”

Dominic Sepe, for now, he declared to the pages of The morning to be “deeply saddened” e “offended by the part where he is supposed to receive fame from the work”.

In the next few days the artist has scheduled a press conference in which he will explain all his reasons for the case. But it doesn't end here: there would also be asurvey by the judiciary on the question of the statue, as revealed in part by the councilor fervent: “The investigating magistrates believe that crimes have been committed”.

News learned with dismay by Sepe: “I don't think any of this happened, otherwise I would have been summoned or listened to”.