A woman walks past a statue named 'The Spring' by 19th century Romanian sculptor Ioan Georgescu, decorated with a winter scarf to highlight the plight of homeless people, outside the National Art Museum of Romania in Bucharest. Photo: AP
Statues at Romania's national art museum sported colourful hats and scarves this week as part of an "appeal against indifference" towards homelessness in one of the EU's poorest member states.
The winter woolies adorned a dozen bronze sculptures in the garden of the National Art Museum of Romania (MNAR) in the campaign set to run through February.
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Statues at the National Art Museum of Romania
A woman walks past a statue named 'The Spring' by 19th century Romanian sculptor Ioan Georgescu, decorated with a winter scarf to highlight the plight of homeless people, outside the National Art Museum of Romania in Bucharest. Photo: AP
A 19th century statue depicting the Roman god Mercury, is decorated with a winter hat. Photo: AP
A bronze sculpture adorned with woolen hat and scarve to 'guard against the cold' is displayed in the garden of the National Art Museum of Romania. Statues at Romania's national art museum sported colourful hats and scarves as part of an "appeal against indifference" towards homelessness in one of the EU's poorest member states. Photo: AFP
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