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Activist arrested for attacking Monet painting in Paris
Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on June 1, 2024
French police on Saturday arrested a climate activist who staged a protest attack on a priceless Claude Monet painting at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, prosecutors said. Monet appears to be a favourite target for climate activists elsewhere, too, with paintings by the Impressionist having previously come under attack in Potsdam,...
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Published on June 1, 2024 - 00:41
Activists defaces Monet painting at museum in Paris
A video posted on X by "Riposte Alimentaire", a climate activist movement, shows an environmental activist sticking an adhesive poster on Claude Monet's painting the "Coquelicots" (Poppies) and speaking to draw attention to global warming at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. "This nightmarish painting in front of us is what awaits us if no alternative is put in place! At +4°C, we're in for hell", she declared.