Members of Just Stop Oil took a hammer to the glass protecting “Rokeby Venus” at the London museum.
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Who Are the Climate Activists Dressing Up as Orcas?
The marine mammal has emerged as a symbol of the capitalism-driven destruction of the planet, with protesters “orcanizing” for Climate Week actions.
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Climate Activists Crash Hamptons Museum Gala With Calls to “Tax the Rich”
During the Parrish Art Museum’s benefit, partly sponsored by Bank of America, organizers called out the ultra-wealthy for “greenwashing” their images.
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Protesters Crash MoMA Gala Over Board Chair’s Fossil Fuel Ties
Climate activists are asking the museum to remove board chair Marie-Josée Kravis, whose husband’s private equity firm has invested billions in oil and gas projects.
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Climate Activists Who Targeted Degas “Dancer” Indicted
Timothy Martin and Joanna Smith face penalties of up to $250,000 in fines and five years in prison for smearing paint on the plexiglass case protecting the sculpture.
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Rome’s Trevi Fountain Dyed Black in Latest Climate Action
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.🥫
