Activists poured charcoal into the water, warning of worsening flooding due to climate change and protesting fossil fuel subsidies.
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Italy Imposes Five-Figure Fines for Art Vandalism
Climate activists say the new fees are exaggerated and “distract from the real problem” of a warming planet.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Over Climate Protest
The institution shuttered in advance of an action planned for the 33rd anniversary of its infamous art heist.
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Extinction Rebellion Storms Rijksmuseum for Rembrandt Action
Changing tactics, the climate activists avoided gluing themselves to the masterpiece or smearing it with food products.
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Klimt Gets Splashed With “Oil” in Latest Climate Protest
The artist’s “Death and Life” painting got splashed with an oily black liquid at the Leopold Museum in Vienna.
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As the World Burns, Museum Leaders “Deeply Shaken” by Climate Protests
MoMA’s Glenn Lowry, the Brooklyn Museum’s Anne Pasternak, and 90 others signed a statement condemning recent actions targeting protected artworks.
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The Latest Climate Protests, Ranked
Since the trend is getting a little repetitive — though its message no less urgent — we got a little creative and ranked this weekend’s interventions. Using soup cans, of course.🥫
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Visitors Heckle Activist Who Glues Head to Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring”
Outraged patrons at the Mauritshuis Museum in the Netherlands responded with “obscene,” “stupid,” and “shut up!”
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Climate Activists Give Monet’s “Grainstacks” a Mashed Potato Facial
Germany’s Barberini Museum is the latest institution hit by the burgeoning food-on-masterpieces trend of climate activism.
