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London (AP) —According to the London Central Museum and police, two climate change protesters were arrested after adhering to the frame of the famous John Constable painting in the National Gallery in the United Kingdom. I did.
The two members of the protest group "Just Stop Oil" overcame the rope barrier on Monday and covered the "Hay Wain" with a large piece of paper depicting the landscape's "apocalyptic vision of the future." .. After that, they each placed their hands on the oil painting frame and protested as the guards guided a group of tourists and school children.
"The painting was removed from the wall for inspection by our conservation team," the National Gallery subsequently said. "The Hay Wain caused minor damage to the frame and some damage to the surface of the varnish in the painting. Both are now well treated."
The National Gallery said Tuesday. Said that the painting was hung again.
"Just Stop Oil," which calls on the government to stop licensing new oil and gas projects, is a version of Constable's 1821 rural landscape painting, "Which oil is our countryside?" How do you destroy it? " Their photos show pollution on the horizon and an old car abandoned in front of the factory in the picture.
The Metropolitan Police Department said police officers were called in to protest in the National Gallery on Monday afternoon. The two were said to have been arrested.
The protest came after a "Just Stop Oil" activist targeted another UK art gallery last week, sitting on a track during an F1 race stop and confusing Sunday's British Grand Prix race. rice field.
Police said six people were charged with a plot that caused pollution in the race.
