It is the third time this month that activists from the group Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) have targeted art exhibitions
Anti-climate protesters continue to vandalize artworks. This time, they threw flour at a sports car painted by American pop artist Andy Warhol, which is on display in Italy’s financial capital.
It is the third time this month that activists from the Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) team they target art exhibitions.
On November 4, protesters they threw soup on a Van Gogh painting in Rome and on 15 November they threw black liquid on a Gustav Klimt painting in Vienna. Both works were protected by glass and were not damaged.
The BMW Art Car looked like it had been covered in a thin layer of snow after today’s attack.
Warhol painted it in 1979, the same year he entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France, before it was retired from the road and placed in a museum.
Ultima Generazione’s actions to push for tougher climate action to tackle global warming coincide with climate talks in Egypt.
The COP27 climate change conference was scheduled to end today but is expected to be extended as delegates from nearly 200 countries try to agree on how to proceed.
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