Climate activists stage protests at two famous New York museums
Nov 20, 2023 · Climate activists from the New York City chapter of international organisation Extinction Rebellion staged protests at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the American Museum of Natural History...
After a Year of Protests, the Toll Rises for Museums and Activists ...
Jul 11, 2023 · Prosecutors have charged two protesters who smeared paint on the case and base of an Edgar Degas sculpture in the National Gallery of Art in Washington with conspiracy and damaging the exhibit....
Climate Protesters Say They Will ‘Keep Coming Back’ After …
Sep 9, 2024 · Museums have become a regular site for climate protests in recent years. In some cases, demonstrators targeted artworks to draw attention to their cause. In other cases, they have staged blockades and sit-ins that directly challenge the museum’s own alleged complicity via corporate sponsorship deals.
Dozens arrested after pro-Palestinian protesters swarm Brooklyn Museum
Jun 1, 2024 · NEW YORK - Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators swarmed the Brooklyn Museum and dozens were arrested Friday. The New York City Police Department said 34 people were taken into custody. The...
The Brooklyn Museum Is Progressive. Why Is the Left Attacking It?
Jun 14, 2024 · Protesters, who assaulted security staff and damaged artwork displayed in the plaza outside, were calling for Israeli divestment from a museum facing budget cuts and lumbering along with an...
Climate Activists Staged ‘Speak-Out’ Protests at Two New York …
Nov 21, 2023 · On Sunday, November 19, the group staged another action at the Guggenheim, hanging banners over the museum’s iconic ramps that variously read “No Art on a Dead Planet” and “No Artists on a Dead Planet.” According to the group, the protest, which included chants and speeches, lasted for three hours.
Climate protesters call for removal of MoMA’s board chair over …
Sep 15, 2023 · Around 100 protesters rallied at the main entrance to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York on Friday (15 September) and called on the institution to remove its board chair, Marie-Josée...
Climate groups are the latest activists to target famous artwork in ...
Oct 26, 2022 · Protesters were arrested over the weekend after throwing mashed potatoes on a Claude Monet painting hanging in a German museum, the latest recent example of activists defacing (albeit briefly)...
Pro-Palestine Protests Shut Down MoMA and a Berlin Museum …
Feb 12, 2024 · Hundreds of protesters shut down the Museum of Modern Art in New York, while others stopped a performance at Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof.
Climate protesters set sights on museums and galleries
Nov 7, 2023 · The museum sector has been the target of several climate protests this week. Museums and galleries are on alert after protesters from the climate activist group Just Stop Oil damaged a painting at the National Gallery.