Venus of the Rags (Italian: Venere degli stracci) is a mixed media sculpture by Michelangelo Pistoletto.
[1] The work consists of a statue of the Roman Goddess Venus next to a pile of rags.
[1] In 2023 a giant version of the work was installed in the Piazza del Municipio in Naples in June 2023.
[2] Pistoletto said that his first reaction to the destruction of the piece was " ... a strong control of emotion because reason must always win for me".
Violence and vandalism will not stop art, regeneration and culture in Naples".