The painting was not damaged, as it was protected by safety glass. Two women and a man were arrested and banned from entering the city of Florence for three years.
A Renaissance painter by Sandro Botticelli value board Spring has become the target of climate activists’ rapture. Two climate change opponents glued themselves to a painting on Friday at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
According to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, the activists had shouted: “Is it possible today to see such a beautiful spring?”
The activists had also carried a poster that read “The last generation, no gas, no coal”.
Ultima Generazione (The Last Generation) climate activists demand on their website (you will switch to another service) For example, the Italian government to stop opening old coal mines, stop new natural gas drilling projects and invest more in solar and wind power.
The protesters’ hands were managed to be detached from the glass protecting the board. The board was said to be fine because of the protective glass. The glass was later cleaned.
Two women and a man were arrested and banned from entering the city of Florence for three years. A curfew is a common way in Italy to punish people who loiter at, for example, football matches.
Sandro Botticelli’s work Spring is from around 1478. It has been protected by glass for several years in case of vandalism.
The utilization of works of art in the activities of activists has recently increased.
In June, for example Vincent van Gogh The peach trees in bloom board met the same fate when two Just Stop Oil group activists in Britain glued their hands to the board.
The group has done other similar feats in different museums.
The group wants the British government to stop issuing gas and oil licences.