Two Just Stop Oil eco-zealots have been arrested after smashing the protective glass on the Rokeby Venus painting at the National Gallery.
The activists sparked fury when a video was uploaded showing them hammering the glass of the priceless oil painting, shouting ‘it is time for deeds not words’.
The 17th-century painting, by Spanish artist Diego Velazquez, is the same artwork slashed by Canadian suffragette Mary Richardson with a butcher’s knife more than 100 years ago.
BREAKING: Climate cult strikes again
Just Stop Oil lunatics took hammers and attacked Rokeby Venus, painted in 1651 ($90M) in the London National Gallery pic.twitter.com/97VumWIWeg
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 6, 2023
