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Climate Activists Smash Velázquez Painting at UK’s National Gallery

by Rhea Nayyar November 6, 2023November 6, 2023

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?

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie September 22, 2023September 25, 2023

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”

by Rhea Nayyar July 17, 2023July 17, 2023

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

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie June 6, 2023June 7, 2023

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

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

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

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie May 23, 2023May 23, 2023

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

by Rhea Nayyar April 12, 2023April 12, 2023

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

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie March 20, 2023March 22, 2023

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

by Rhea Nayyar March 6, 2023March 6, 2023

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

by Rhea Nayyar November 15, 2022November 16, 2022

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

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu November 10, 2022November 10, 2022

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

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie October 31, 2022October 31, 2022

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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