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The protestors also glued themselves to the wall surrounding the artwork and reportedly shouted slogans tied to the threat of climate change, the outlet added. The group is said to belinked to the Ultima Generazione group, Wanted in Rome reported, citing Italian media.
“We were expecting it,” Arthemisia President and Managing Director Iole Siena told ANSA in a statement. “[There has been] no damage, but it is a useless gesture.”
“The Sower” is currently on loan to the Palazzo Bonaparte museum from the Kröller-Müller museum in the Netherlands as part of an exhibition centered around van Gogh’s works, according to ANSA.
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According toABC News, the British activists were members ofJust Stop Oil, a group that has staged similarstuntsto demand the U.K. government halts new oil and gas licenses to help slow climate change. Police arrested both of the activists for criminal damage and aggravated trespassing, according toThe Guardian.
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There have been various other instances over the past months involving climate activists targeting other famous artworks.
That same month,two protestorsfrom the group Extinction Rebellionglued their handsto the protective layer covering Pablo Picasso’s “Massacre en Corée” (Massacre in Korea) at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia.
In July, Just Stop Oil protestorsglued themselvesto a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” at London’sRoyal Academy of Arts.
In 2019, a series of studies published inNatureandNature Geoscienceclaimed that temperature rises around the planet over the last 150 years are part of a normal cycle in nature and that there was “no doubt” humans are playing a part in climate change.
source: people.com
