German Climate Activists Throw Mashed Potatoes At $110 Million Monet Painting

Two climate activists threw mashed potatoes on a glass-covered painting by Claude Monet hanging in a German museum on Sunday to draw attention to climate change.

A group of environmentalist activists threw mashed potatoes on a painting by Monet, according to a museum in Germany.

The painting was not damaged in any way because it is protected by glass, according to the museum.

Video clips posted to social media by Letzte Generation show two individuals throwing a pot of mashed potatoes onto the painting and gluing themselves to the wall below the frame.

Letzte Generation said in a statement that the two activists were taken to jail.

One of the activists said in a clip posted by Letze Generation that "We are in a climate catastrophe and all you are afraid of is tomato soup." We won't be able to feed our families by the year 2050 according to science. Is it possible to make people listen with mashed potatoes on a painting?

Chief Critic

Art world experts don't understand how throwing food at paintings will solve climate change. There are many ways to get attention for the climate issues. Arthur Brand is a well-known Dutch art crime investigator.

$110.7 million was spent on goods and services. The most expensive painting ever sold at an auction was Monet's "Meules", which sold for a record price of $65 million in 2019. It has been on display at the Museum Barberini for over a year.

Key Background

The latest artwork to draw attention is "Meules". Two people threw a can of tomato soup at a painting by Van Gogh at the National Gallery in London. The two were part of the British group Just Stop Oil, which has staged similar protests across the U.K., including gluing themselves to a Van Gogh painting in London in June. The Uffizi Gallery in Florence was visited by climate activists in Italy in July. In May, a man threw cake on Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and claimed the action was motivated by climate change and people who are destroying the planet. There have been no reports of the works of art being hurt by the protests.

Climate change protesters glue themselves to a painting.

Climate change protester attackedMona Lisa with cake.