A British museum curator has been giving advice to Black Lives Matter protesters on Twitter on how to damage bronze statues using chemicals.
Madeline Odent, curator of Royston Museum in Hertfordshire, has been advising protesters using her knowledge of art conservation on how they can destroy statues that she calls "memorials of genocidal racists."
The American-born Odent tweeted earlier this week: "from an art conservation perspective, it’s honestly fine to throw paint on memorials of genocidal racists! paint is pretty easy to clean off. What would be an absolute SHAME is if people were to throw certain common HOUSEHOLD ITEMS that can cause IRREVERSIBLE BRONZE DISEASE."
She then went on to detail which chemicals to use to create this "disease" and cause permanent damage to statues. When she was called out, she lied about her intentions:
And when the Royston Museum was made aware of her actions, it seemed as if they supported Odent: