Climate Activists Toss Mashed Potatoes on Painting by French Impressionist Claude Monet in Germany

An “immediate conservation investigation” found that the famed painting, which Monet crafted in 1890, sustained no damage from the stunt, given that it is placed behind alayer of protective glass, the museum said on Twitter.

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According toABC News, the activists are members ofJust Stop Oil, a group that has staged similarstuntsto demand the British government halt 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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Before that, on Oct. 9,two climate change 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.

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