SYDNEY, Australia — Two climate
activists glued their hands to the perspex covering of
Picasso's anti-war
painting Massacre in Korea in a Melbourne art gallery on Sunday, according to
police, protesters, and the gallery.
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The painting emerged unscathed.
The black-clad activists were shown with
their hands pressed against the Picasso in a room of the National Gallery of
Victoria in images shared on social media by the Extinction Rebellion movement.
A man wearing a T-shirt with the Extinction
Rebellion symbol — an hourglass in a circle — stood alongside them.
On the ground at their feet lay a black
banner reading "Climate Chaos = War + Famine".
"It is believed three protesters
entered the ground level of the gallery before a man and a woman glued
themselves to a protective covering of a Picasso painting," said a
Victoria Police spokeswoman.
The protesters — a 49-year-old woman from
New South Wales and a 59-year-old man from Melbourne — were "removed from
the painting" more than an hour after their action is believed to have
started, police said.
The pair, alongside a 49-year-old Melbourne
man, "have been arrested and are assisting police with their inquiries",
they said.
The gallery said it had called the police
and closed the exhibition to the public during the protest.
"The protesters' hands were safely
removed from the perspex with no harm to the work," said a spokesperson
for the National Gallery of Victoria.
The 1951 Picasso work "shows the
horrors of war", Extinction Rebellion Victoria said on its Facebook page.
"Climate breakdown will mean an
increase in conflict around the world. Now is the time for everyone and all
institutions to stand up for action!" the group said.
The painting was being shown on the final
day of the gallery's "The Picasso Century" exhibition.
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