Two climate activists glued their hands to the perspex covering of Picasso's anti-war painting Massacre in Korea in a Melbourne art gallery on Sunday, police, protesters and the gallery said. | News24Arts
People stand next to a painting titled "Massacre in Korea" by Pablo Picasso at an exhibition of more than 80 artworks by him at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne on 9 June 2022.
Two climate activists glued their hands to the protective covering of a work by artist Pablo Picasso.Picasso's work titled, Massacre in Korea, was not damaged during the incident.Massacre in KoreaThe painting emerged unscathed. The black-clad activists were shown with their hands pressed against the Picasso in a room of the National Gallery of Victoria in images shared on social media by the Extinction Rebellion movement.
A man wearing a T-shirt with the Extinction Rebellion symbol - an hourglass in a circle - stood alongside them."It is believed three protesters entered the ground level of the gallery before a man and a woman glued themselves to a protective covering of a Picasso painting," said a Victoria Police spokeswoman.
The protesters - a 49-year-old woman from New South Wales and a 59-year-old man from Melbourne - were"removed from the painting" more than an hour after their action is believed to have started, police said.
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