Climate activists glue themselves to Warhol paintings in Australian capital

Climate protesters glued themselves to an Andy Warhol portray on the National Art Gallery of Australia in Canberra on Wednesday, the newest in a spate of activist demonstrations in artwork galleries world wide.

Video footage launched by the Stop Fossil Fuel Subsidies group confirmed two feminine protesters utilizing an adhesive to stay their arms to Andy Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup I”, on show on the nationwide gallery in Canberra.

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Several blue scrawls have been additionally seen throughout the sequence of 10 work, that are behind glass.

“Andy Warhol depicted consumerism gone mad in this iconic series,” stated protestor Bonnie Cassen in an announcement shared by the activist group.

“And now we have capitalism gone mad. Families are having to choose between medicine and food for their children while fossil fuel companies return record profits.”

Climate activists worldwide are utilizing demonstrations in entrance of well-known artworks to attract consideration to their causes.
In October, local weather activist Phoebe Plummer threw tomato soup over Vincent Van Gogh’s portray “Sunflowers” at London’s National Gallery. While the portray was behind glass, the soup triggered minor injury to the body.

The National Gallery declined to touch upon whether or not the portray was broken.

“A protest has taken place at the National Gallery of Australia following similar incidents elsewhere in Australia and overseas,” a spokesperson stated in an announcement.