Climactivists Glue Hands To Goya Paintings In Spanish Museum
The ‘Group Futuro Vegetal’ took credit for the protest, and two people were subsequently arrested
“Last week the UN recognized the impossibility of keeping us below the limit of 1.5 Celsius (set in the 2016 Paris climate agreement). We need change now,” a tweet with a photo of the pair said.
The impacted works – from the 18th and 19th centuries – include the artists “La Maja Vestida” and “La Maja Desnuda”: The Clothed Maja and the Naked Maja.
A temperature was painted on the wall between the two works: “+1.5 C”
The museum said its paintings had not been damaged and that the graffiti was painted over.
“We condemn the use of the museum as a place to make a political protest of any kind,” it said.
Police and Futuro Vegetal said two people had been arrested.
Futuro Vegetal said the pair were removed using a solvent.
This marks the latest event in a string of protests by climate activists, impacting famous works of art.
Protesters tried to glue themselves to the glass covering Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” and others threw tomato soup on Van Gogh’s “The Sower” and one of his Sunflowers paintings.
Those works were covered.
All this comes ahead of the COP27 climate change conference in Egypt, set to take place starting on Sunday.
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Howdy
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Instead of arresting them, glue them to the police station and let them protest that!
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aaron
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fake protesters, fake paintings
who thinks the public would be allowed access to the real priceless art?
on with the show!
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