Activists are using famous art to try and bring attention to the current climate emergency. They say gluing their hands to the famous paintings “is nothing compared to what climate change will do to the art.”
Two protesters superglued their hands to a Pablo Picasso painting in a Melbourne, Australia, museum on Sunday, in an increasingly popular stunt activists are turning to in order to draw attention to the climate crisis. The protesters, who are from Extinction Rebellion, an international environmental group with chapters across the globe, glued their hands to Picasso’s “Massacre en Corée” (Massacre in Korea) painting at the National Gallery of Victoria, before being arrested.
Ultimately, the activists were not charged. The painting was covered and protected and so therefore unharmed from their protest. Extinction Rebellion claims that they knew the painting would not be harmed during their protest.
Activists are becoming bolder with their protests. This particular protest had nothing to do with protesting the painting or the museum. They simply wanted to make a bold statement with their protest.
“People going to experience art and culture, and that’s all wonderful stuff. But it’s all in danger because of the climate emergency,” Salamon told BuzzFeed News.
Activists in Europe are protesting in the same way. They want to cause a stir and make sure people know about the protest. They think pulling a bold stunt like this will bring their cause to more people.
Protesters affiliated with Just Stop Oil, a coalition of groups aimed at pressuring the UK government to end investment in fossil fuels, stuck their hands onto the frames of famous paintings, including artwork by Van Gogh and da Vinci.
Activists with Ultima Generazione, an Italian climate activist organization, glued themselves to a Botticelli painting in Florence.
Let’s hope no one ruins the famous art during one of the protests.
Source BuzzFeed News
