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.
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.
Extinction Rebellion Storms Rijksmuseum for Rembrandt Action
Changing tactics, the climate activists avoided gluing themselves to the masterpiece or smearing it with food products.
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.
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.
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.🥫
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!”
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.