Police have arrested two climate activists who threw mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting in a museum in Germany to protest fossil fuel production, a stunt which caused no damage to the art.
Police have arrested two climate activists who threw mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting in a museum in Germany to protest fossil fuel production.
The protesters on Sunday targeted Monet's"Les Meules" at the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, a city on the border of Berlin. The German climate group Last Generation took credit for the stunt, which caused no damage to the art. The protesters on Sunday targeted Monet's"Les Meules" at the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, a city on the border of Berlin. The impressionist painting, which was enclosed behind protective glass, sold for $110.7 million at a 2019 auction.
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