In the most recent of these publicity-seeking stunts, climate activists attempted to ruin Johannes Vermeer’s masterpiece Girl with a Pearl Earring with glue and liquid overnight NZT, but one of the world’s most famous paintings was not harmed.
An image shared on Twitter shows a man covering another protester with a can of crimson liquid as he appeared to try to glue his head to the glass-encased artwork. The second man reached out and touched the panel containing the antique painting.
“Our conservators have looked into the painting’s condition. The glazed masterpiece fortunately sustained little damage, according to the museum.
“How do you feel when you see something beautiful and irreplaceable being allegedly destroyed before your eyes?” yelled one of the men, who was sporting a t-shirt with the slogan “Just Stop Oil.” Are you outraged? Good. That is the feeling when you see the planet being destroyed before our very eyes.
He said, “The painting is protected by glass,” while a museum visitor yelled, “Shame on you!”
Other guests expressed their disgust as well.
Three persons were detained, according to police in The Hague, for “public violence against property.”
According to the museum, “Art is defenceless, and the Mauritshuis vehemently rejects attempts to damage it for any reason whatsoever.” Further commentary, it claimed, would only serve to increase the demonstrators’ exposure.
A Claude Monet painting in a German museum was attacked with mashed potatoes earlier this month, while a similar protest took place in London when soup was thrown over a painting of sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh in the National Gallery. The artworks in those two instances were undamaged.
Climate activists have criticised the artwork of “Girl with a Pearl Earring”
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