A Picasso painting on display at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts was splashed onto bright pink paint by environmental activists on Thursday, the latest attempt to draw attention to accelerating the climate crisis.
Videos posted on social media by the previous generation of Canadians by the Climate Activist Group show the moment protesters throw paint on portraits, a 1901 work by Pablo Picasso L’Hetaire. Then, protesters were seen escorted out of the gallery by museum security members. The Instagram post includes a statement from protesters, identified by the group as Marcel, 21.
“Today, I am not attacking art, nor destroying it. I am protecting it. Art is essentially a portrayal of life. It is life because life is for life. There is no art on the planet of death.”
The statement specifically quoted is Winnipeg, a large city in Manitoba, Canada, which is experiencing a record heat wave along with parts of Saskatchewan. In recent weeks, Canadian officials have warned that multiple distinctive hot and dry weather will exacerbate the severity of wildfires in Canadian provinces this summer as thousands of fires have fled the fires.
“[W]I’m in Winnipeg now and I’m still able to make art,” the previous generation statement added: “Do I have the time, energy, resources? Or I will fight for my survival and well-being, because my government refuses to protect its people. ”
Marcel L’Hetaire (1901).
The previous generation in Canada
Montreal police officers Independent The activist has been arrested and later released to appear in court. Police said in a statement that the two people who filmed the vandalism were detained before they were not prosecuted.
Over the past five years, famous artworks on display in public museums in Western Europe and the United States have become popular targets for climate groups, including chapters from the previous generation and the United Kingdom-based coalition (the latter is known for protests against the British Museum in London). The effectiveness of strategies targeting artworks (which are the role of Vincent Van Gogh and Edgar Degas) divides public opinion and, in some cases, has serious legal consequences for protesters.
Last August, the last generation of Austria was a radical chapter, a highly publicized event involving the paintings of Gustav Klimt of the Liopold Museum of Art in Vienna and disbanded the “ignorance, death threats and fines, reaching tens of thousands of euros.
“We no longer see the prospect of success,” the organization said, adding that its remaining funds will be used to pay excellent legal fees.
