Extinction Rebellion Protestors Glued Their Hands To A Legit Fkn Picasso At The NGV In Melbourne

Holy smokes, Extinction Rebellion activists have been arrested after gluing themselves to a Pablo Picasso painting at the National Gallery of Victoria. Extinction Rebellion took to social media on Sunday to claim responsibility for the protest and explain the group’s motivation. “On Sunday October 9, climate protestors from Extinction Rebellion glued themselves to the glass covering Picasso’s ‘Massacre in Korea’ at the NGV,” the group wrote on Twitter. “A clear reflection of Picasso’s pacifist beliefs, ‘Massacre in Korea’ shows the horrors of war through a depiction of the final moments of a group of women and children held at gunpoint by dehumanised soldiers.” The protestors — a 59-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman — laid a ‘yuge black banner at their feet which read, “Climate Chaos = War + Famine”, a phrase Extinction Rebellion said “highlighted the connection between climate breakdown and human suffering”.

On Sunday 9 October, climate protesters from Extinction Rebellion glued themselves to the glass covering Picasso’s “Massacre in Korea” at the NGV. pic.twitter.com/GXQqFVG5N2

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