Environmental activists dotted this Sunday the glass cage of the replica of a mummy in the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona to denounce the inaction of the governments gathered at the COP27 in Egypt in the face of climate change.
Two young activists, a man and a woman belonging to the “Futuro Vegetal” collective, sprayed the glass cage with fake oil, then the walls with fake blood, using plastic Coca-Cola bottles.
They then unveiled a large banner calling for “Climate Justice”, denouncing a “COPCA COLA” in reference to the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, and Coca-Cola, one of the official sponsors of the conference.
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The soft drink giant is denounced by many environmental NGOs for activities that they consider to be polluting around the world, in particular for the massive production of plastic bottles.
Activists from the same group, affiliated with the Extinction Rebellion collective, had nailed their hands on the frames of Francisco Goya’s paintings at the Prado Museum in Madrid on November 5 to draw attention to global warming, an action described as “unjustifiable”. for the Spanish. Minister of Culture.
Nearly a hundred international museums said they were “deeply shocked” on Thursday by actions against works of art organized by environmental activists, recalling their role in conservation.
Several other actions of this type have been carried out in recent weeks by climate activists, who have targeted emblematic buildings, but also famous works of art in various cities in Europe.
Source: BFM TV
