UK climate change protesters glue themselves to Constable frame

Photograph of John Constable’s 1821 masterpiece, ‘The Hay Wain,’ which was the target of a climate change protest at the National Gallery in London on July 4. Two protesters covered it with printouts of apocalyptic scenes and touched its frame before security could escort them out. The painting and its frame reportedly suffered minor damage. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit National Gallery, London via gallerix.ru. Wikimedia Commons states that the photographic reproduction of the work is regarded as being in the public doman in the United States.
Photograph of John Constable’s 1821 masterpiece, ‘The Hay Wain,’ which was the target of a climate change protest at the National Gallery in London on July 4. Two protesters covered it with printouts of apocalyptic scenes and touched its frame before security could escort them out. The painting and its frame reportedly suffered minor damage. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit National Gallery, London via gallerix.ru. Wikimedia Commons states that the photographic reproduction of the work is regarded as being in the public doman in the United States.
Photograph of John Constable’s 1821 masterpiece, ‘The Hay Wain,’ which was the target of a climate change protest at the National Gallery in London on July 4. Two protesters covered it with printouts of apocalyptic scenes and touched its frame. The painting and its frame reportedly suffered minor damage. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit National Gallery, London via gallerix.ru. Wikimedia Commons states that the photographic reproduction of the work is regarded as being in the public doman in the United States.

LONDON (AP) – Two climate change protesters were arrested after they glued themselves to the frame of a famous John Constable painting hanging in Britain’s National Gallery, the central London museum and police said.

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