What next, petrol on a Picasso? Threatening art is no answer to the #ClimateCrisis! Attacks on art have become a headline-hogging obsession with a hideous escalating logic. The nastier the treatment of a famous masterpiece, the bigger the media coverage.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/16/klimt-climate-activists-crisis-petrol-picasso
@AmerLiberal I understand their intent is to draw attention and make headlines- it’s a worthy cause. But why art? I agree… what does that solve?
@hermitary @AmerLiberal gets attention. Art won't matter when we're all dying due to the climate crisis.
@TrishaGreenie @hermitary - It gets the wrong kind of attention. It does not (IMHO) make people sympathize with the climate activists, but the reverse.
@TrishaGreenie @AmerLiberal I do truly understand that. But destroying something to make the point that something else should not be destroyed seems to be a muddled message.
@hermitary @AmerLiberal they're not destroying them though - the paintings are behind glass. At least unless something has changed with more recent "attacks".
@AmerLiberal @hermitary it's not really meant to do that - it's meant to get people's attention and make the point that art is pointless without a livable planet to enjoy it on.