The group Just Stop Oil says two climate change protesters have smashed a protective glass panel covering a famous Diego Velázquez oil painting at London’s National Gallery
Two climate change protesters smashed a protective glass panel covering a famous Diego Velázquez oil painting at London's National Gallery, the group Just Stop Oil said Monday. The two activists targeted Velázquez's “The Toilet of Venus,” also known as “The Rokeby Venus,' with small hammers. Photos showed the protective glass panel punctured with several holes.
The group said the two activists chose to target the 17th-century oil painting because it was previously slashed as part of the suffragette movement calling for women's rights in 1914. Just Stop Oil said the protesters hammered the glass panel, then told people at the gallery: “Women did not get the vote by voting. It is time for deeds, not words.' “Politics is failing us. It failed women in 1914 and it is failing us now,' they added.
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