The artwork—which the museum says was undamaged—is the latest to be attacked by food items by environmental activists.
Two climate activists threw mashed potatoes on a glass-covered painting by famed artist Claude Monet hanging in a German museum Sunday, the latest in a string of prized artwork to be attacked with food items to draw attention to climate change.
“We are in a climate catastrophe and all you are afraid of is tomato soup?” one of the activists said in a clip posted by Letze Generation, referencing a painting by Vincent Van Gogh that was attacked with a can of tomato soup by activists last week in London. “Science tells us we won’t be able to feed our families by 2050. Does it take mashed potatoes on a painting to make you listen?”
Art world experts have questioned how throwing food at paintings in public museums will help solve climate change.
