After the attack on a painting by Van Gogh last week, Claude Monet's "
The Millstones
", a painting exhibited at the Barberini museum in Potsdam, Germany, received projections of mashed potatoes this Sunday 23 october.
Ten days earlier, two environmental activists attacked Van Gogh's "
Sunflowers
" by throwing tomato soup on this masterpiece from the National Gallery.
The act was filmed and broadcast on social media by the "
last generation
" German-Austrian civil disobedience environmental movement, which did not aim for this canvas by chance: "
Monet loved nature and captured its fragile beauty in his works.
Why are many more people afraid of one of these images being damaged than of the destruction of our world itself?
»
“
People are dying of hunger, of cold, people are dying.
We are living in a climate catastrophe.
And all you're afraid of is tomato soup or mashed potatoes on a chalkboard.
Do you know what we are afraid of?
We are afraid because scientists are telling us that we will not be able to feed our families after 2050
,” one of the activists explained in the video posted on social media.
An action condemned by the local German authorities.
Brandenburg's Environment Minister, Ursula Nonnemacher (Greens), was indignant on Twitter: "
The fight against the climate crisis will not be strengthened by attacks on famous paintings
".
For her part, the Minister of State for Culture, Manja Schüle (SPD), also condemned the action.
The two activists have been arrested and will be investigated for property damage and trespassing.
The painting was not damaged, the RBB newspaper said.