Vienna, activists throw black liquid on Klimt’s painting ‘Death and Life’
Environment
From Van Gogh to Monet, the protests of the Last Generation activists
The collective, which rejects the definition of ‘environmentalists’, is the protagonist of numerous demonstrations against climate change which have been conveyed by targeting famous works of art, almost always without damage. From Botticelli’s ‘Spring’ in the Uffizi to Klimt’s painting in Vienna: here are the most significant episodes
Also Gustav Klimt ends up at the center of protests over the environmental crisis. His work”Death and Life”, exhibited at the Leopold Museum in Vienna, is the latest in a long series to end up in the crosshairs of activists who, to draw attention to the cause they are pursuing, have decided to “dirty” – in many cases without actual damage – the works of famous painters. From the case of Vienna to Van Gogh and Monet: here’s when and where it happened
VIENNA, KLIMT – In many cases they are the activists of the collective Last generation to carry on the protests. The group includes the two boys who soiled the glass that protects Klimt’s work with black liquid. The action was claimed on Twitter. Entry to the museum today, November 15, was free, as part of a day sponsored by the Austrian oil company OMV. “Stop the destruction by fossil fuels. We are descending into climate hell,” the two boys shouted before being stopped
VAN GOGH, ROME – A few days ago some Last Generation activists smeared with a pottage the glass that protects”The Seminar” from Van Gogh, on display at Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome. They then glued themselves to the wall, shouting slogans against the use of coal and climate change. The Roman judiciary has opened a investigation filewhere the crime of “deterioration, disfigurement, soiling and illicit use of cultural or landscape assets” is assumed. The penalty is up to a maximum of five years’ imprisonment