Overview
- Director Antonio Saborit is in Oviedo to receive the 2025 Princess of Asturias Award for Concord on behalf of Mexico’s Museo Nacional de Antropología.
- Saborit emphasized that the histories of Mexico and Spain intertwine and enrich one another, describing the museum as a space for reflection and encounter.
- Asked about calls for a Spanish apology for the conquest, he declined to take a position, saying the issue lies beyond his remit as a historian and museum head.
- He condemned the recent theft at the Louvre, said cultural heritage remains well protected, and urged treating the incident as a criminal act rather than a metaphor.
- Recalling his museum’s 1985 robbery of more than a hundred objects, he outlined current priorities that include gallery upgrades, temporary exhibitions, and outreach to younger visitors.