A group of environmental activists glued themselves to the frame of a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper painting in London on Tuesday, the latest in a string of disruptive protests.
Five activists with the climate change protest group Just Stop Oil glued their hands to the frame of the famous 16th-century painting after spray-painting the words “No New Oil” on the wall below.
BREAKING: Just Stop Oil activists have glued themselves to Leonardo de Vinci’s The Last Supper at the Royal Academy. More follows… pic.twitter.com/43BE4Xbdev
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It’s the latest disruptive protest effort from the group, which is pressuring the United Kingdom to halt new oil production. Last week, Just Stop Oil activists targeted other works by J.M.W. Turner, Vincent van Gogh, and Horatio McCulloch in London, Glasgow, and Manchester.
And yesterday, two protesters affiliated with the group also glued themselves to the frame of The Hay Wain, a 200-year-old masterpiece by John Constable, at the National Gallery in London.
One protester said the group had chosen The Last Supper painting to highlight the global food crisis that has been exacerbated by climate change and extreme temperatures.
“Food production is down and crops are failing,” he said, according to the Independent. “Any more oil production or new oil infrastructure projects are going to tip us over the edge possibly to 2 degrees of warming.”
“The future of this planet is facing its last supper in many regards,” he added.
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Officials said they closed the room to the public and radioed police to the scene.
