Members of Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) attach themselves to frame’s glass to protest without damaging artwork
Environmental protesters have glued themselves to the glass protecting Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera which is on display at an art gallery in Florence.
The activists, from the climate activist group Ultima Generazione , said the protest was the first in “a new season of actions” targeting museums. It appeared inspired by Just Stop Oil activists in the UK who recently conductedTwo protesters stuck their palms to the exhibit at the Uffizi gallery beforehand, with the help of a third, unfurling a banner reading “Ultima Generazione No Gas No Carbone .
A man and two women, who had paid for tickets to get into the gallery, were taken away by police, according to the Italian news agency Ansa. No damage was caused to the painting, Ansa cited the museum as saying. Botticelli’s 650-year-old Primavera is one of the world’s most famous paintings. The Uffizi gallery’s website describes the painting as “a celebration of love, peace, and prosperity”.“Fires, food crises and drought make it increasingly difficult. We decided to use art to sound an alarm call: we are heading towards social and eco-climate collapse”.
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