Two climate activists have stuck to a Picasso painting in Melbourne. The two stuck their hands to the acrylic sheet covering the anti-war painting “Massacre in Korea” in the Victoria State National Gallery, police said on Sunday.
Photos circulating on the internet show the two activists pressing their hands on the Picasso, standing next to a man wearing an Extinction Rebellion T-shirt. On the ground hangs a banner with the words “Climate Chaos = War + Hunger”.
Activists are not released from the photo until an hour later
According to the police, it took about an hour to free the two activists from the photo. The gallery emphasized that the work remained intact during the campaign.
Similar protests in other countries
Climate activists have repeatedly clung to famous paintings in recent months. In August, two activists attached themselves to a work by Lucas Cranach the Elder in the Berlin Picture Gallery, to the world-famous ‘Sistine Madonna’ in Dresden, and similar actions took place in Florence and London, among other places.
Source: Krone
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