A London court fined five climate change activists who glued themselves to a replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting “The Last Supper” last year at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts exhibition to protest oil exploitation. sentenced
Members of an environmental movement called ‘Just Stop Oil’, in July 2022, they glued their hands to the frame of a famous painting at the London Art Museum and sprayed graffiti on the wall to promote public awareness of climate change. He has acted in a drastic way to attract attention.
On the 8th, Judge William Nelson of the London Court sentenced all five to pay a fine of 486 pounds (587 dollars, 739,620 won) each after a two-day trial.
The judge said the men had committed a “reckless” violent act despite knowing that the frame of the painting would be damaged. However, he said the fine was imposed because the protest’s “greatest purpose” was to attract media and public attention, not to damage art.
The 16th century art work in question is not Da Vinci’s original work, but is presumed to have been painted by Da Vinci’s disciples, and is evaluated as the most precise and close to the original among the original copies.
The ‘Stop Oil’ group stated that their aim was to put pressure on the UK government to stop issuing new oil and gas mining licenses.
In October of last year, he threw a can of tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting “Sunflowers” at the National Gallery in London, making headlines around the world. Fortunately, the action did no harm to the well-covered painting in glass.
Other members of the group also stormed the Formula 1 racetrack of the British Grand Prix last year and caused a commotion. The six members who entered at the time were charged with disturbing public order through this protest, and on the 8th, the jury entered into a consultation after a two-week deliberation period on the case.
The ‘stop oil’ group has previously attracted attention and criticism for targeting art in museums. In addition to Da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ frame, he also attached parts of his body with glue to the frame of ‘The Hay Wain’, a masterpiece by British painter John Constable (1776-1837), which is in the National Gallery of Art.
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Source: Donga
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