Renowned artists Nan Goldin and Molly Crabapple were arrested during a pro-Palestine protest outside the New York Stock Exchange. The demonstration, organized in response to ongoing violence in Gaza, attracted dozens of activists calling for an end to U.S. financial and military
On an otherwise unremarkable October afternoon in 2022, a pair of activists brought a splash of tomato red to the National Gallery in London. Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland, members of the protest group Just Stop Oil, made headlines when they hurled
Stonehenge, the historic and renowned landmark in Wiltshire, UK, sparked a heated discussion on June 19, 2024, when it was targeted by Just Stop Oil campaigners. Around midday, two members of the group, Niamh Lynch, a 21-year-old Oxford University student, and Rajan
Animal-rights protesters targeted a portrait of King Charles in a London art gallery. Two activists affixed posters to the glass covering the painting. The artwork remained undamaged, according to the Philip Mould Gallery, and no arrests were made. The red portrait by
French police arrested two activists from Riposte Alimentaire (Food Response) at the Musée du Louvre in Paris following their protest in front of Eugène Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People” (1830). A video shared on the group’s social media depicted the pair affixing
Two women were arrested on May 6 at the Centre Pompidou-Metz after they targeted Gustave Courbet’s controversial painting “The Origin of the World” (1866), by spray-painting the words “Me Too” on it. The painting is covered with glass for protection, police reported
The protest group Palestine Action slashed a painting of Lord Balfour housed at the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College. Lord Arthur James Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, played a significant role in establishing the state of Israel. In 1917, Balfour wrote a
Activists from the group This Is Rigged recently staged two protests in Glasgow. The first protest occurred inside the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum on March 3, while the second occurred at George Square on March 4. At the Kelvingrove Art Gallery
The Berlin Film Festival commenced with a spirited press conference, but the political fervor intensified as three separate groups of protesters gathered at Potsdamer Platz just before the commencement of the opening night festivities. The first group consisted of approximately 50 individuals
On Valentine’s Day, activists staged a protest at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, calling for the institution to sever its connections with Henry Kravis, co-founder of investment firm KKR & Co., and his wife Marie-Josée Kravis. The Kravis couple,
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