Photos: Activists target art treasures to draw attention to climate change
Climate activists have staged high-profile protests in recent months, sometimes targeting museums and artworks to call for tougher action to
Climate activists have staged high-profile protests in recent months, sometimes targeting museums and artworks to call for tougher action to tackle global warming. Though these protests vandalising celebrated artworks have received a mixed reaction from people and art lovers from across the globe, the activists feel they have been successful in engaging people on issues like rising temperatures, famines, and extinction. Here is a look at some of the protests in recent months.
Updated on Dec 08, 2022 08:04 PM IST 10 Photos
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Environmental activists from the "Last Generation" (Ultima Generazione) group smear with paint the facade of the prestigious La Scala theatre ahead of the opening performance of the season, in Milan, Italy, on December 7. "We decided to stain La Scala with paint to ask the politicians who will attend the performance tonight to pull their heads out of the sand and intervene to save the population," wrote Last Generation in a statement, as reported by AFP.(Piero Cruciatti / AFP)
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Activists of "Just Stop Oil" glue their hands to the wall after throwing soup at Vincent Van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers" at the National Gallery in London, Britain on October 14. The two women. 20 and 21, were arrested and charged with criminal damage for throwing soup at the painting but were later released on bail.(Just Stop Oil / REUTERS)
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Last Generation activists seen glued underneath the painting "Les Meules" by French artist Claude Monet after throwing mashed potatoes on the artwork in the Barberini museum in Potsdam, Germany on October 23. "How do you feel when you see something beautiful and priceless apparently being destroyed before your eyes?" asked one of the protesters from Just Stop Oil after gluing themselves to the glass protecting a Vermeer painting in the Netherlands. "Do you feel outraged? Good. Where is that feeling when you see the planet being destroyed?" (Last Generation / AFP)
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Climate activists of the "Last Generation" group pour a black liquid on the painting "Death and Life" by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt at the Leopold Museum in Vienna, Austria on November 15.(Last Generation Austria / AFP)
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