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Klimaaktivisten attackieren Velázquez-Gemälde in London
Klimaaktivisten haben in London ein Gemälde von Diego Velázquez attackiert. Die beiden Aktivisten zerschlugen am Montag mit einem Hammer die Schutzverglasung vor dem Werk "Venus vor dem Spiegel" in der National Gallery, wie die Gruppe Just Stop Oil mitteilte. Die Polizei nahm die beiden Angreifer fest, das Museum hängte das Gemälde vorerst ab, um es von Restauratoren auf mögliche Schäden untersuchen zu lassen.
Die Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts entstandene "Venus vor dem Spiegel" gilt als einziges noch vorhandenes Aktgemälde von Velázquez. 1914 hatte eine Anhängerin der Sufragetten-Bewegung das Gemälde mit einer Hacke zerfetzt, um gegen die Festnahme einer anderen Kämpferin für das Frauen-Wahlrecht zu protestieren. Das Bild wurde danach restauriert.
Im vergangenen Jahr hatten Aktivisten von Just Stop Oil schon einmal in der National Gallery zugeschlagen. Damals schütteten sie Tomatensuppe gegen das Gemälde "Sonnenblumen" von Vincent van Gogh. Das Gemälde blieb dank Schutzverglasung unbeschädigt. Die Protestgruppe Just Stop Oil fordert von der britischen Regierung, sofort alle neuen Öl- und Gasprojekte zu stoppen.
O.Lorenz--BTB