UK climate protesters glue themselves to gallery paintings

Photo caption: Protesters from “Just Stop Oil” climate protest group glue their hands to the frame of a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s, ‘The Last Supper’ […] Photo credit: James Manning / PA via AP. AP News – July 5, 2022.

LONDON (AP) — Climate change protesters targeted a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” at London’s Royal Academy of Arts Tuesday, gluing themselves to the painting’s frame and spray-painting “No New Oil” next to it. The protest, organized by supporters of the campaign group “Just Stop Oil,” came a day after two activists from the group were arrested after gluing themselves to the frame of John Constable’s “The Hay Wain” in London’s National Gallery. […]

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