On Tuesday evening, he launched what he termed “an art war to prevent the destruction of culture” by setting light to a painting by a French artist, Séverine Bourguignon, worth up to €10,000 (£8,200). “This is a war. This is a revolution,” Antonio Manfredi said. “And in a revolution, there are winners and losers.” He vowed to continue destroying works from the permanent collection at the rate of one a day until someone took notice of Cam’s plight.”