Climate Activists Use Hammers to Break Glass Protecting 'The Toilet of Venus' Painting

Several Just Stop Oil activists were arrested yesterday for using hammers to break the glass protecting the 17th century painting The Toilet of Venus by Diego Velázquez, held at the National Gallery in London. The incident joins a long list of recent attacks that have transpired across European art institutions, where protesters -- many of them students -- are going to extreme measures to raise awareness to the climate emergency. Nicknamed The Rokeby Venus, the painting depicts Venus, the godde...