Belarus tried to dig up van Gogh's grave

Oleksiy Kuzmych staged a performance at a cemetery in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, because "the world has run out of artists."

Belarusian artist Oleksiy Kuzmych, who staged a performance at the grave of the famous Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh in France, was detained in France. He is being deported from the European Union. The Belarusian portal Reform.news reported the day before.

The published decision of the court states that Oleksiy Kuzmych must leave the territory of the EU to return to his country of origin or any country in which he can be legally accepted, with the exception of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

It is noted that on July 30, Kuzmych staged a performance at a cemetery in Auvers-sur-Oise, France. He tried to dig up van Gogh's grave because "the world has run out of artists."

After that, he was sent to a pre-trial detention center for a month and fined 3000 euros.

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Vincent van Gogh is a Dutch post-impressionist painter who is one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created about 2 works of art, including about 100 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. His creative heritage had a huge influence, first of all, on French painting. During his lifetime, he failed to gain recognition, and at the age of 860, after mental illness, depression and poverty, he committed suicide.