Climate activists in Spain glued their hands to two famous paintings by artist Francisco de Goya in Madrid's Prado museum. Police said two people were arrested.
Climate activists in Spain glued their hands toA video posted to the Twitter account of the campaign group Futuro Vegetal showed a docent asking visitors not to take pictures of the scene.
The impacted works – from the 18th and 19th centuries – include the artists"La Maja Vestida" and"La Maja Desnuda": The Clothed Maja and the Naked Maja. Activists glue themselves to Goya's "Las Majas" in protest to climate emergency "Last week the UN recognized the impossibility of keeping us below the limit of 1.5 Celsius . We need change now," a tweet with a photo of the pair said. "We condemn the use of the museum as a place to make a political protest of any kind," it said.Facade of the Prado Museum, on Nov. 5, 2022, in Madrid, Spain.
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