Climate activists have struck again, targeting another priceless piece of art with ecotage, a new form of sabotage that aims to bring attention to ecological and climate change disasters.
Gustav Klimt's painting"Tod und Leben" is seen after activists of Last Generation Austria spilled oil on it in Leopold museum in Vienna, Nov. 15, 2022.a new form of sabotage that aims to bring attention to ecological and climate change disasters.
"Stop the fossil fuel destruction," one of the activists can be heard saying in Austrian, according to a translation byGustav Klimt's painting"Tod und Leben" is seen after activists of Last Generation Austria spilled oil on it in Leopold museum in Vienna, Nov. 15, 2022.After police arrived, the black liquid was quickly cleaned off the glass protecting the painting, the AP reported. The painting was not harmed.
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