This is not the first attack on works of art by Just Stop Oil activists.
At the Royal Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, Just Stop Oil environmental activists staged a rally near Dutch artist Jan Vermeer’s famous painting, Girl with a Pearl Earring. This was reported by NOS.
In particular, one of the participants stuck his head on the protective glass of the picture, and the other poured a can of tomato soup on it.
“How do you feel when you see something beautiful and priceless destroyed in front of your eyes? Do you get angry? That feeling when you see how the planet is destroyed in front of your eyes,” asked one of the protesters, sticking his hand against the wall next to him. picture.
It was noted that the activists were arrested, but the painting itself was not damaged. However, the room where the illustration was hung was sealed off while the police investigated there.
Climate activists have destroyed famous paintings with food or glued themselves next to them. This happened, in particular, with the works of Monet, Van Gogh, da Vinci and others. This is the first case of such action in the Netherlands.
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It was previously reported that in central London, Just Stop Oil eco-activists sprayed paint on the windows of car dealerships.
Environmental activists vandalized the figure of Charles III at Madame Tussauds
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Source: korrespondent
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