BREAKING: Eco activists have thrown mashed potatoes at Claude Monet’s ‘Les Meules’ painting before gluing themselves to the floor.
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The two Letzte Generation (Last Generation) campaigners entered Potsdam’s Barberini museum in Germany this afternoon in high vis jackets.
The incident follows a string of similar demonstrations by activist groups across Europe.
In London, two climate activists threw tomato soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in the National Gallery.
In London, two climate activists threw tomato soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in the National Gallery.
The news comes as Just Stop Oil protesters blocked the famous Abbey Road crossing in the same pose as The Beatles.
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Members of the group walked onto the pedestrian crossing in north west London at 1pm today as they continue to protest on the roads of the capital.
The Monet painting is worth £96,000,000 and activists covered the piece of art in mashed potato before gluing themselves to the floor.
Sharing the video to the group’s Twitter account, a spokesperson said:
🗣 'We make this #Monet the stage and the public the audience.'
🗣 'We make this #Monet the stage and the public the audience.'
🗣 ‘If it takes a painting – with #MashedPotatoes or #TomatoSoup thrown at it – to make society remember that the fossil fuel course is killing us all: Then we’ll give you #MashedPotatoes on a painting!’
This protest in Germany is the latest in a string of demonstrations against climate change across Europe.
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