{"id":4803,"date":"2025-03-13T06:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T06:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/more-tension-outside-national-gallery\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T06:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T06:30:22","slug":"more-tension-outside-national-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/more-tension-outside-national-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"More tension outside National Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1263913\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/13-33-320x200.jpg?v=1741629663\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/13-33.jpg?v=1741629663\" alt=\"More tension outside National Gallery\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/13-33-960x600.jpg?v=1741629663\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[National Gallery]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Tensions flared outside Athens\u2019 National Gallery on Wednesday as a group of ultra-Orthodox protesters clashed with cultural workers staging a peaceful demonstration in support of freedom of expression.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The protestors, holding a banner advocating for artistic freedom, were met with chants of \u201cGreece means Orthodoxy\u201d and \u201cShame on you, anti-Christians\u201d from the opposing group, some of whom approached aggressively.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the verbal attacks, the demonstrators did not retaliate and proceeded into the gallery to view artworks that had been damaged during a previous incident earlier in the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The altercation follows a controversial action by Nikolaos Papadopoulos, a lawmaker from the far-right Niki party, who on Monday stormed the National Gallery in a rage.<\/p>\n<p>Papadopoulos broke the protective glass of a display case and removed four religiously-themed paintings by artist Christophoros Katsadiotis, claiming the artworks were offensive to Orthodox Christianity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The attack caused significant damage, leading to the temporary closure of the gallery.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1263913\/more-tension-outside-national-gallery\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[National Gallery] Tensions flared outside Athens\u2019 National Gallery on Wednesday as a group of ultra-Orthodox protesters clashed with cultural workers staging a peaceful demonstration in support of freedom of expression.\u00a0 The protestors, holding a banner advocating for artistic freedom, were met with chants of \u201cGreece means Orthodoxy\u201d and \u201cShame on you, anti-Christians\u201d from the opposing &#8230; 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