Climate activist defaces Monet painting in Paris - UPI News
Climate activist defaces Monet painting in Paris - UPI.com
June 2 (UPI) -- A climate activist has been charged with defacing a Monet painting at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris to draw attention to climate change, authorities said Sunday.
A woman representing Riposte Alimentaire(Food Response) was apprehended after sticking an adhesive poster on the French impressionist painter's Coquelicots. The activist can be seen on X affixing a blood-red poster to the painting, then turning and raising her right hand.
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