Will the works of Belgian museums also soon be the target of militant environmental groups? This is the question museum directors are asking themselves after the hardening work of recent weeks abroad.
by Nine Ciavarini Azzi (st.)
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sunflower From Van Gogh at the National Gallery in London, Mashed Potatoes That Smear The millstone Monet in the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, a wax figure of King Charles encrusted at Madame Tussauds in London or even the face and head of an activist glued to a window The girl with the pearl earring From Vermeer to the Mauritshuis in The Hague… Museums have recently become a privileged venue of protest for groups of environmental activists. Whether it’s Just Stop Oil, an organization created in February 2022 to fight fossil fuel production, or the Letzte Generation, committed against global warming, these groups have been known to resort to civil disobedience. Young activists have used this style of peaceful protest, which is not new, to make their demands better heard.
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