The National Museum of Sweden reported the arrest of two women, members of an environmental group, who stained with red paint and glue one of the most representative works of the French artist Claude Monet, The artist’s garden in Giverny.
The women would have clamored for attention for governments to take urgent action against climate change.
Two activists smear a Monet painting in Stockholm with red paint to protest the health situation caused by the loss of wetlands in Sweden: “Heat-related illnesses are becoming a bigger problem” https://t.co/AIis9Kauk4 pic.twitter.com/cYdePqiskm
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According to early reports, the women entered the Swedish National Museum like any other visitor. Moments later, they both crossed the security line to smear red paint on one of Monet’s paintings and then glue their hands to it.
The activists explained the reasons why they carried out these acts, raising awareness among some and angering others.
The situation is urgent. As a nurse, I refuse to look. The pandemic was nothing compared to the climate breakdown. It is about life or death. People won’t just die of heat stroke. New diseases will spread and we cannot even imagine the extent of this.
– Emma Fritzdotter, activist and nurse
We need to do everything we can to bring attention to this climate catastrophe and our demands to restore carbon-storing wetlands.
In the end, the women were detained by the authorities and the exhibition with Monet’s paintings was closed to the public. Meanwhile, the environmental group Restore Wetlands took responsibility for the protest, saying the aim is to put pressure on the Swedish government to prevent greenhouse gas emissions.
The work is protected with glass.
– Hanna Tottmar, spokesperson for the National Museum.
Museum staff confirmed that the Monet painting was kept under glass, but it is being examined to rule out any damage.
Source: Okchicas
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