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In Florence, environmental activists put stickers on a painting by Sandro Botticelli

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Two activists on February 13 placed an image of environmental degradation on the protective glass of Botticelli’s 15th-century painting The Birth of Venus.

On Tuesday, February 13, Italian environmental activists pasted images of the devastating effects of climate change on a glass panel protecting Botticelli’s famous painting The Birth of Venus. Barron’s reported this with reference to AFP.

Two activists from the Last Generation posted a photo of the stickers attached to a 15th-century painting at the Uffika Gallery before they were taken to the police station.

“The government continues to pretend that fields did not burn in January, that water will not be a problem this summer, that houses destroyed by floods are random events and not human choices, ” said one protester. “And instead of dealing with these real problems, it creates absurd laws.”

It was noted that this organization began to stage a series of controversial protests in Italy in 2022, calling on politicians of all parties to make the fight against climate change a priority.

In particular, activists doused themselves in red liquid near the Florence Cathedral and stuck their hands to one of the Vatican Museum’s sculptures. Also last year, members of the group threw mud at themselves outside the Senate in Rome. The remaining members of the Last Generation were accused of throwing paint on Muarizio Cattelan’s LOVE painting in the Italian capital.

It is known that in January the Italian Parliament approved a law that increases penalties for people who damage monuments and cultural sites. It was a reaction to a wave of climate protests in European museums.

Earlier it was reported that environmental activists poured soup on the world famous painting Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) by Leonardo Da Vinci at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Environmental activists pour paint on a painting by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt
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