The string of environmental activists attacking art to draw attention to climate change in shocking ways has continued — and this time, it happened in the Netherlands to one of the most famous paintings of all time.
On Thursday, two climate activists went up to the world-famous 17th-century Johannes Vermeer painting “The Girl With a Pearl Earring” at the Mauritshuis Museum in the Netherlands.
Then one of the activists, who was wearing a “Just Stop Oil” t-shirt, glued his HEAD (!!!) to the painting while the other berated museum-goers for environmental harm! Related: Bored Art Gallery Security Guard Doodled On A MILLION DOLLAR Painting! According to museum officials, the activist glued his bald head to the surface — which is technically a protective glazing that covers the painting.
The other activist then poured a can of what appeared to be tomato paste down his back before gluing his hand to the wall right next to Vermeer’s masterpiece.
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