Frederick McCubbin descendant backs WA Museum acquisition of perspex vandalised by climate protesters

Disrupt Burrup Hub activist Joana Partyka at the Museum of Western Australia with the perspex on which she spray painted the Woodside logo Photograph: Supplied by Joana Partyka

A close descendant of the acclaimed artist Frederick McCubbin has come out in support of the Western Australian Museum after it came under fire over an unusual acquisition.

The museum confirmed this week it had acquired the perspex glass protecting one of McCubbin’s most famous paintings, Down on His Luck, from the Art Gallery of Western Australia. The perspex was spray painted with the Woodside logo by protesters in January last year.