The " Francisco Franco Foundation" denounces Eugenio Merino, author of a work on Franco at ARCOmadrid exposed in 2012

Contemporary Art Fair held each year in Madrid could also be sued by the same institution.

Foundation Vice-President, Jaime Alonso has come to Arco accompanied by a notary to take multiple snapshots of the work in which appears the figure of Franco in a cooler of soft drinks.
Alonso has expressed his outrage at the media and commented that the exhibition is "grotesque, insulting and offensive" and "Franco deserves respect."