Climate activist glues his head to ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ painting in The Hague

Local weather activists focused Johannes Vermeer’s masterpiece “Lady with a Pearl Earring” with glue and liquid on Thursday however one of many world’s most iconic work was not broken within the newest of such publicity-seeking stunts.

A video posted on Twitter confirmed one man pouring a can of crimson substance over one other protester who appeared to try to attach his head to the glass-protected portray. The second man caught his hand to the panel holding the centuries-old portray.

“The situation of the portray has been investigated by our conservators. Thankfully, the glazed masterpiece was not broken,” the museum mentioned.

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One of many males, sporting a T-shirt emblazoned with the phrases “Simply Cease Oil,” shouted “How do you are feeling while you see one thing stunning and priceless being apparently destroyed earlier than your eyes? Do you are feeling outrage? Good. That’s the feeling while you see the planet being destroyed earlier than our very eyes.”

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He went on to say that the portray is protected by glass as one customer to the museum shouts: “Disgrace on you!” Different guests additionally confirmed their disapproval. 

Police in The Hague mentioned that they had arrested three folks for “public violence towards property.”

“Artwork is defenseless, and the Mauritshuis firmly rejects makes an attempt to break it for any function in anyway,” the museum mentioned. 

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The museum mentioned the “Lady with a Pearl Earring” would return for viewing “as quickly as doable.”

This the most recent masterpiece to be the main focus of local weather protests.

In September, members of a German environmental group threw mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet portray. 

“If it takes a portray pelted to remind society that the fossil course is killing us all, Then we provide you with Kartoffelbrei on a portray!” activists from Letzte Technology (Final Technology) mentioned on Twitter with the video of the vandalism.

Local weather change activists vandalizing a portray to convey consciousness to local weather change. 
(Letzte Technology)

In London, different protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” within the Nationwide Gallery.

In each of these situations, the work weren’t broken.

The Related Press contributed to this submit.