November 7, 2023
Climate Activists Attack Painting
November 7, 2023
By: Caroline Downey – nationalreview.com – November 6, 2023
Climate activists attacked a 400-year-old painting in a famous London art museum with hammers on Monday, breaking the glass barrier protecting the painting.
The vandals targeted the painting Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez, which hangs in the London National Gallery. Painted in 1651, the work depicts the love goddess Venus lounging and peering into a mirror held by her son Cupid, the god of desire.
“Women did not get the vote by voting,” a female protester can be heard shouting in a video of the incident posted to social media. “It is time for deeds and not words. It is time to just stop oil.”
“Politics is failing us,” a male protester adds. “Politics failed we in 1914. If millions will die due to new oil and gas licenses, BILLIONS! If we love history, if we love art, and if we love our families, we must just stop oil.”
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