IN BREVE
- In Montalcino, Paola Minaccioni presents a work of art dedicated to the fight against violence against women.
- The tile represents a sign of protest and a call for respect and gender equality.
- Minaccioni emphasizes that women must reclaim their independence and happiness.
- The work is part of the Benvenuto Brunello event, promoting a culture against violence against women.
In Montalcino, the 34th Benvenuto Brunello commemorative tile bears the signature of Paola Minaccioni. The actress, together with the Una Nessuna Centomila Foundation, presented and placed a tile dedicated to the fight against violence against women on the ancient wall of the town hall. This symbolic gesture involves the Brunello di Montalcino Wine Consortium and the entire local community.
THE PUBLIC GESTURE IN MONTALCINO
Minaccioni introduced the work with a message to the public: “Every woman is a tile and now we have united to build a new world. You will see, have faith, you will like it.” The tile thus becomes a sign of protest and an invitation to rethink the relationship between men and women through respect and equality.
THE MEANING OF THE WORK
The actress’s reflection, shared with the Foundation, is at the heart of the depiction. Minaccioni defines the image accompanying the initiative as follows: “Women used as tiles to compose the happiness of others. Women as tiles that decorate life at home, the lives of everyone else. Enough. A woman’s life belongs only to a woman. After centuries in which we have been used to structure, compensate, reassure, comfort, decorate, and embellish the existence of others, we finally want to reclaim our independence and determine our own happiness.
The world just needs to understand this, then we will continue to do what we did before… if we feel like it! And if there is respect and love for us exactly as we are. We are no longer parts to be sold, to be fantasized about, to be manipulated, to be subjugated, to be used, to be underpaid, and to be submissive. We are no longer ‘little pieces’. We are entire walls of majestic palaces.”
THE REGION’S COMMITMENT
With the inclusion of the work in the Benvenuto Brunello collection, the symbol is linked to the desire of the Consortium and the Montalcino community to support a culture that rejects all forms of violence against women. It is a message that enters the heart of the historic center and expands the public significance of the wine-related initiative.
