Two climate activists glue their hands to the frames of Spanish artist Francisco Goya's paintings at Madrid's Prado museum Saturday, the latest in a series of vandalizations that activists intend to bring attention to climate change.
Two people glue themselves to the frames of paintings by Francisco Goya.
The Prado museum officials said that the protesters caused light flaws to the frames but no damage to the paintings, and that they reject endangering cultural heritage as a means of protest.
The two protesters, who are part of an activist organization, wrote a reference to the Paris Climate Agreement on the wall of their protest.
In March, a climate change protester smeared cake on Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" at Paris' Louvre museum and was arrested after being tackled by security.
Protesters in Florence, Italy, put their hands to a 15th century Renaissance painter.
The protest, in which activists doused van Gogh's painting in tomato soup and then put their hands to the wall beneath it, renewed criticism that the protest was repugnant and resulted in the arrest of two activists.
The two activists with the climate activism organization Letzte Generation were taken to jail after throwing mashed potatoes at Claude Monet's painting " Mueles".
Three people were arrested at a museum in the Netherlands after a man tried to glue his hand to a painting.
Four activists with the group Ultima Generazione threw soup at van Gogh's painting " The Sower" at the Palazzo Bonaparte museum in Rome, while museum officials said the painting's glass screen protected it from any damages.
Activists argue that the effects of climate change will outweigh the damage a priceless painting might do in the protests. The activist who threw soup on van Gogh's "Sunflowers" asked if art is worth more than life. Is there more to food than you think? If we don't act immediately, we will look back and mourn our losses. Climate change caused by increased fossil fuel emissions will have a terrible effect on the planet. According to a U.N. report, the world's temperature will increase as much as 3% by the end of the century. Activists with Last Generation said that "everything that we would have the right to see in our present and our future is being obscured by a real and imminent catastrophe."
In a video posted online by the Spanish activist group, protesters glue their hands to the paintings as museum officials approach. Even though we will drown, the Majas paintings will remind us how well it was.
The climate activist was arrested for painting a girl with a pearl earring.
Pea soup is thrown at a painting.
Climate activists in Germany throw potatoes at a painting.
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