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Madrid — At the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, about 30 anti-war activists protested in front of Pablo Picasso's historic Guernica painting hours before the NATO summit in the Spanish capital began. ..
Protesters blame the military alliance that caused the war in Ukraine, arguing that "safety cannot be achieved with any more weapons," protesters Extinction Rebellion and Friday for Future Said in a joint statement.
Photos and videos posted on social media show 12 activists lying on the floor like corpses in front of Picasso's masterpiece, inspired by a bloody air raid in the town of Guernica. I was able to see it. Spanish Civil War.
"War is the death of people. War is the death of art."
The protest at one of Europe's most famous museums is at the museum. The organizers said it lasted about 10 minutes before the staff eliminated the protesters. The museum declined to comment when contacted by Reuters.
NATO leaders will visit the museum during the Tuesday-Thursday summit to see paintings as they face the challenges of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
On Sunday, thousands protested the summit on the streets of Madrid.
On April 26, 1937, Picasso painted a famous work of art after Nazi Germany helped the late Francisco Franco send an aircraft to Spain and attack the town of Basque. The attack killed 1,600 people and injured thousands. (Report by Christina Thykjaer, Emma Pinedo, Inti Landauro, edited by Andrei Khalip, William Maclean)
