Climate Activist : 5 Articles

Joanna Smith, a climate activist, was sentenced to 60 days in jail for vandalizing a Degas sculpture at the U.S. National Gallery of Art, along with orders for supervised release and 150 hours of community service. The incident is part of a broader trend of climate protests targeting museums worldwide, highlighting growing tensions between activism and the preservation of cultural heritage.

Climate protesters covered Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus' in Florence with images of flood-ravaged Campi Bisenzio to highlight climate change impacts. The demonstration by Last Generation aimed to urge government action on climate disasters.

A climate activist named Joanna Smith has admitted guilt for defacing Edgar Degas's renowned ballerina sculpture exhibited at the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC...

The Museum of Modern Art in New York City was the most recent establishment to come under attack by environmentalists on Friday. The protesters wanted to draw attention to a board member's sponsorship from a company whose husband invested in fossil fuel ventures...

The Courtauld Gallery in London announced that it would be closed for the rest of the day after climate activists glued their hands to a famous van Gogh painting.