The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
photo: David Castenson
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Two Just Stop Oil protesters were arrested after smashing the glass protecting the iconic Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez at the National Gallery in London.
The incident comes hot on the heels of several widely publicised attacks against artworks by climate activists.
Is art vandalism for ostensibly noble political purposes justified, or is there something more sinister — and indefensible — at play?
Read more here.
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The Road to Emmaus, Altobello Melone, ca. 1516-17
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A museum is a place where one should lose one's head.
-- Renzo Piano
(London)
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Portrait of a young man, Andrea del Sarto, 1517-18
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Vincent Van Gogh | Two Crabs | 1889 | London National Gallery
"After his release from hospital in Arles in January 1889, Van Gogh embarked on a series of still lifes, including crab studies. This painting may show the same crab upright and on its back. Parallel strokes sculpt the creature's form on an exuberant sea-like surface."
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Rembrandt van Rijn - A Man Seated Reading at a Table in a Lofty Room, c. 1628-1630.
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Young Girl reading, ca. 1776
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
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The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
photo: David Castenson
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The Artist's Garden in Argenteuil (A Corner of the Garden with Dahlias), 1873 by Claude Monet
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The Visitation of the Virgin to St. Elizabeth, "Master of 1518" (Goosen van der Weyden?) or studio, ca. 1515
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An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768). Joseph Wright.
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A Street in DC, 1952
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