Activists in Italy glued themselves to an Umberto Boccioni sculpture in Milan to draw attention to climate change:
Members of the activist group Ultima Generazione glued to a plinth supporting Boccioni’s 1913 bronze,at the Museo del Novecento in Milan on July 30. Courtesy of Ultima Generazione.
Taking cues from recent high-profile demonstrations in the U.K., a group of Italian climate activists glued themselves to a sculpture by the Futurist artist Umberto Boccioni on Saturday. Four protesters from the group Ultima Generazione strode into the Museo del Novecento in Milan. They adhered themselves to a plinth supporting Boccioni’s 1913 bronze, which depicts an abstract figure mid-stride, and unfurled a banner with the group’s name.after the incident. “We are glued to Boccioni’s work because we can no longer afford to rush towards economic progress. The progress that the Futurists hoped for is the same that is now leading us towards mass extinction.
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