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Climate activists smear red paint on Monet artwork at Stockholm museum

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Two climate activists smeared red paint on a Monet painting Wednesday at Stockholm National Museum before gluing their hands to the artwork's protective glass and shouting at onlookers.

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8 articles, oldest first.

  1. Bloomberg

    Monet Painting Is the Target of Vandalism at a Museum in Stockholm (opens Bloomberg)

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    Climate activists threw paint and glue at “The Artist’s Garden at Giverny,” on exhibit at Sweden’s National Museum.

  2. Fox News

    Climate activists arrested after vandalizing Monet painting at Stockholm museum (opens Fox News)

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    Two women have been arrested in Stockholm after throwing an unidentified substance, believed to be paint, onto a painting by French artist Claude Monet at Sweden's National Museum.

  3. France 24

    Environment activists smear paint on Monet work in Stockholm (opens France 24)

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    Environment activists on Wednesday smeared red paint and glued their hands to the protective glass on a Monet painting at Stockholm's National Museum, police and the museum said.

  4. KTVZ Bend

    Environment activists smear red paint on Monet artwork at Stockholm museum (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Sharon Braithwaite and Henrik Pettersson, CNN (CNN) — Two activists on Wednesday smeared red paint and then glued their hands to the protective glass on “The Artist’s Garden at Giverny,” a painting by the French Impressionist Claude Monet on display in an exhibition at Stockholm’s National Museum…

  5. NBC News

    Climate protesters throw paint and glue at Monet painting in Swedish museum (opens NBC News)

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    The painting, “The Artist’s Garden at Giverny,” was on display as part of an exhibition at Sweden’s National Museum.

  6. UPI

    Climate activists smear red paint on Monet artwork at Stockholm museum (opens UPI)

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    Two climate activists smeared red paint on a Monet painting Wednesday at Stockholm National Museum before gluing their hands to the artwork's protective glass and shouting at onlookers.

  7. CNN

    Environment activists smear red paint on Monet painting at Stockholm museum (opens CNN)

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    Two activists smeared red paint and glued their hands to the protective glass on a Monet painting at Stockholm’s National Museum on Wednesday, a video released by the organization Aterstall Vatmarker (Restore Wetlands) shows.

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