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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Charlie Moloney

Climate activists glue themselves to frames of two Goya paintings in Madrid

Protesters from Extinction Rebellion stick themselves to the frames of Goya's Las Majas paintings to highlight the climate emergency in the Prado museum, Madrid, Spain.
Protesters from Extinction Rebellion stick themselves to the frames of Goya's Las Majas paintings to highlight the climate emergency in the Prado museum, Madrid, Spain. Photograph: Futurovegetal/Reuters

Two climate activists have glued their hands to the frames of two paintings by Spanish master Francisco Goya at a museum in Madrid.

The protest at the Prado museum, in which both protesters each glued a hand to the frames, did not damage either painting but caused their frames slight blemishes, the museum said.

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