“No art on a dead planet,” they chanted, demanding an end to fossil fuels.
Extinction Rebellion
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16 Climate Protesters Arrested at MoMA
Activists blocked the institution’s entrance and staged a “die-in” inside the museum, condemning MoMA’s board chair’s ties to the fossil fuel industry.
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Protesters Take to Met Museum to Denounce Charges Against Climate Activists
The action was staged in solidarity with climate protesters Joanna Smith and Tim Martin, who were indicted for targeting a Degas sculpture.
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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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Artist-Activists Arrested at “Cut the Crap” Protests in London
Extinction Rebellion cheekily called the action at Daily Mail offices its “Submission for the 2021 Turner Prize.”
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Climate Activists Occupy London’s Science Museum to Protest Shell Sponsorship
During the two-day protests, activists explained that they “won’t stand by and let the Science Museum green-wash Shell’s reputation.”
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Artists, Designers, and Activists Address Climate Breakdown in a Pop-Up Exhibition
Depictions of Living imagines itself as an act of protest, touching on both the microcosm of individual actions and the macrocosm of the Anthropocene.
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Extinction Rebellion Sends a Sinking Home Along the River Thames, Warning of Climate Disaster
The work was intended as a public appeal to politicians to make a more stringent and immediate response to regulate the effects of human industry and waste on the environment.
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Objects by Climate Activists Go on Display at Victoria and Albert Museum
The museum acquired a selection of flags, prints, and designs by Extinction Rebellion, a recently formed environmental activist group, for its permanent collection.
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Environmental Activists Stage Die-In at Tate Modern, Evoking “Colony Collapse” of Bee Populations
Around 100 activists, led by Extinction Rebellion, rode around the city on bikes as part of the “Critical Swarm,” and then collapsed in front of the Tate Modern to symbolize the death of bee colonies.
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Climate Activists Staged a Die-In at London’s Natural History Museum
Beginning on April 15, activist group Extinction Rebellion has staged protests and acts of civil disobedience in central London locations, leading to over 1,000 arrests.
