Climate activists glue themselves to ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ painting

Japan Today | Oct 27, 2022 at 10:34 PM
  • Climate activists glued themselves to Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” at a Dutch museum on Thursday in the latest stunt targeting famous artworks, but the painting was undamaged.
  • Three men were arrested after the attack at The Hague’s Mauritshuis museum on the 1665 masterpiece which has inspired a bestselling novel and a Hollywood film.
  • A third man in a white “Just Stop Oil” t-shirt shouted “how do you feel” as he glued his hand to the wall.