Climate Activists Arrested After Protestor Glues Their Head to 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' Painting

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Three protestors were arrested on Thursday after an attack occurred on the artwork at the Mauritshuis Museum in the Netherlands.

The museum announced that “The Girl with a Pearl Earring” will be back on view as soon as possible, while the room the painting is housed in will remain closed to the public.

In avideo from the attack, two men can be seen wearing"Just Stop Oil" T-shirts. (Just Stop Oil is a coalition of environmental activists in the United Kingdom.)

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The latest attack comes about after activists wearing the same attire threw a can of tomato soup on Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting displayed in London’s National Gallery on Oct. 14. No damage was reported to the painting.

The coalitionlater announcedthat the activists were their supporters and that the attack they committed “makes people confront what is a justified response to the threats we now face, what is sacred and what should we do to protect it.”

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source: people.com