Margarita Paksa protest
- Artist/Author/Producer: Margarita Paksa
- Confronting Bodies: French Embassy and Museo de Bellas Artes
- Dates of action: June 1968
- Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Description of the Art Work
- Not known.
- Description of incident
- The artist Margarita Paksa, was one of 24 Argentine artists to be awarded
the Braque Award in 1968. On June 4, 1968, she received a letter from
Robert Perroud, cultural attache at the French Embassy, stating that they
reserved the right to alter any work they deemed necessary. Paksa
responded in a letter, June 18, 1968, in which she declined the award and
resigned from the awards exhibition.
- Results of incident
- Many of the other artists being honored followed suit and denounced the
awards and exhibtion. This was followed by a series of protests, the
most salient of which took place July 16, 1968, at the Museo Nacional de
Bellas Artes during the Braque Award ceremony. Paksa was placed in
solitary confinement for several days when she and several artists were
arrested. Later the French ambassador, Count Jean de la Grandville
interceded on their behalf, and requested their release.
Source: Leon Ferrari