This is the moment an Italian security guard tears protestors’ hands off a priceless Botticelli painting at a Florence art gallery – in stark contrast to guards at London’s National Gallery, who simply watched on when eco-zealots did the same.
The out-of-patience security official stormed over to the young pair and pulled their superglued hands from the Renaissance masterpiece shortly after they began their short-lived protest in the Uffizi Gallery on Friday morning.
It struck a jarring contrast to the inaction shown by British guards at the Trafalgar Square gallery this month, where Just Stop Oil zealots were allowed to cover over John Constable’s The Hay Wain with their own version.
Climate activists glued themselves to Sandro Botticelli's masterpiece, 'Spring,' in Florence, Italy to protest the use of fossil fuels. pic.twitter.com/91Wlwkdxn4
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 23, 2022
