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Chucky-Netanyahu Figure Secretly Installed at Madrid Wax Museum for 20 Minutes

The museum says the political tableau was an unsanctioned action by Chilean artist Nicolás Miranda.

Overview

  • The intervention placed a Chucky doll with Benjamin Netanyahu's face in the Oval Office display, alongside a dachshund with Javier Milei's face and rodent miniatures of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, José Luis Martínez-Almeida and Santiago Abascal.
  • The Museo de Cera said the work appeared without consent or coordination and stated it does not endorse or take responsibility for its political content.
  • Miranda said the action denounces what he describes as Western passivity over Gaza and presents a vision of contemporary Western decadence.
  • The artist described a preplanned, five-person operation that entered with backpacks, documented the scene and removed the figures after roughly 20 to 30 minutes.
  • Reports note his prior 2023 unsanctioned installation in Madrid and that he proceeded independently after the Uncommissioned collective declined a proposed Netanyahu figure.