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Eco-terrorist throws pink paint on Picasso painting at Montreal museum

He without hesitation defaced the famous painting

Newsroom June 23 08:03

An eco-terrorist threw pink paint on a Picasso painting exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to protest environmental destruction and climate change.

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Footage shared on social media by the climate activist group Last Generation Canada shows the moment they throw paint on the portrait — a 1901 work by Pablo Picasso titled L’hetaire.

One of them is then seen being escorted out of the Museum of Fine Arts by a security staff member.

The Instagram post includes a statement from the protester, who was identified by the group as Marcel, 21 years old.

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