Two activists recently glued themselves to Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” and the adjoining wall, but the artwork was behind glass and undamaged. (AFP Photo)
PARIS: Art world professionals have slammed recent attacks on famous paintings by climate protesters as “counterproductive” and dangerous acts of vandalism.
While some of the major French and British museums contacted by AFP, including the Louvre, the National Gallery and the Tate in London, are keeping a low profile on the issue, others are calling for stronger protective measures against such acts.
“Art is defenceless and we strongly condemn trying to damage it for whichever cause,” the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague said in a…
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