A climate activist group claimed responsibility for spraying pink paint on a rare Pablo Picasso painting at a Montreal museum last week. Last Generation Canada says an activist smeared washable paint on the 1901 painting L’hétaïre at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
The group is calling for the Canadian government to create a climate disaster protection agency to help those affected by extreme weather.
Montreal police say one person was arrested for mischief after the incident and was released with a promise to appear in court at a later date.
The museum says the painting was kept under protective glass and there were no immediate signs of damage to the painting itself, which is on loan from a gallery in Italy.
The activist group says it has also targeted the Montreal casino and the BMO Museum with pink paint in recent weeks.
The painting, which has been shown outside Italy only once in the past 20 years, will remain on exhibition at the museum through Sept. 7,
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