The Russian punk collective Pussy Riot staged a performance at the Pinakothek der Moderne. An activist urinated on a portrait of Putin.
The protest action, which was directed against the connections between church and state in Russia, lasted less than a minute. The troupe visited the museum at Flatz's invitation, where a retrospective of the Austrian is currently being shown. They sang, among other things, "Mary, Mother of God, drive away Putin" and "The Patriarch believes in God's God." The performance is delayed again and again. The trio around Maria Alyochina originally wanted to burn the Putin portrait on the stairs in the east wing of the house, on which Olaf Metzel's sculpture "Journey to Jerusalem" also stands. Since open fire is not an option in the museum for reasons, this part of the performance is prohibited. "No Putin – No War!" Finally, a member of the troupe says.