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Last week, two protesters affiliated with Declare Emergency, a climate activist group, walked into the National Gallery of Art and made their way to Edgar Degas’s bronze sculpture, “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen,” a masterpiece that dates from 1881. They plastered their hands with red and black paint and spread them all over the sculpture’s clear case until they were arrested, reveling in the stunt they created.
The incident was only the latest in one of the most grating and counterproductive forms of environmental activism: targeting cherished works of art in prominent museums to stir public outrage and, in theory, inspire urgent action on climate change. But this kind of “protest” is no protest at all. It is vandalism plain and simple, and perhaps more than anything, it harms the cause these “protesters” claim to care so much about.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/08/climate-protest-degas-national-gallery/
The incident was only the latest in one of the most grating and counterproductive forms of environmental activism: targeting cherished works of art in prominent museums to stir public outrage and, in theory, inspire urgent action on climate change. But this kind of “protest” is no protest at all. It is vandalism plain and simple, and perhaps more than anything, it harms the cause these “protesters” claim to care so much about.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/08/climate-protest-degas-national-gallery/