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Eco-activists pour black liquid on Klimt masterpiece in Vienna's Leopold Museum

A climate activist of the "Last Generation" group is being overpowered whereas another one has glued himself to the painting "Death and Life" by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt after pouring black liquid over the art work at the Leopold Museum in Vienna, Austria. © AFP/Handout/Letzte Generation Österreich

Climate activists on Tuesday poured a black liquid over Austrian painter Gustav Klimt's masterpiece Death and Life at Vienna's Leopold Museum. This attack is the lastest in a series of attacks in major European museums in recent weeks.

"Restorers are working to determine whether the painting protected by glass has been damaged," said Klaus Pokorny.

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