Last Generation climate protesters said the attack by the four men was “a desperate and scientifically based cry that simply cannot be construed as vandalism”.
Last Generation climate protesters said the attack by the four men was “a desperate and scientifically based cry that simply cannot be construed as vandalism”.
A group of demonstrators threw pea soup at Vincent van Gogh’s masterpiece at a protest Friday, warning they would continue until more attention is paid to climate change.
According to news reports, “The Sower”, depicting a farmer sowing his land under a dominating sun in 1888 by the Dutch artist, was displayed behind glass and displayed without damage .
Last Generation climate protesters said the attack by the four men was “a desperate and scientifically based cry that simply cannot be construed as vandalism”.
“Non-violent direct action will continue until citizens respond to demands from their government to stop gas and coal and invest at least 20 GW of renewable energy,” he said in a statement.
a series of attacksincluding Last Generation and others, has targeted prominent paintings in prestigious museums by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, Vermeer and van Gogh.
In October, the group Just Stop Oil dumped Tomato Soup on Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” In the National Gallery of London. The painting, which was also protected with glass, was not damaged.
Last Generation said in its statement on Friday, “Everything that we will have the right to see in our present and future is hidden from a real and imminent catastrophe, like this pea puree covering the work in the fields.. “.
“The Sower” is on show at Rome’s Palazzo Bonaparte, part of an exhibition of 50 paintings by the Dutch master on loan from the Kröller Müller Museum in Otterlo.
Artemisia, the exhibition’s organisers, did not immediately respond to a request for more information about the attack.