By Kouros Sadeghi-Nejad
Introduction
National Museum in Sweden, National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, National Gallery in London, Louvre... climate protestors have been increasingly frequenting art museums.
On the morning of April 27th , 2023, climate activists Timothy Martin and Joanna Smith of the Declare Emergency organization were indicted by a federal grand jury for their protest at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Martin and Smith, alongside other unnamed conspirators of the climate group, targeted Degas’s Little Dancer, Age Fourteen (1878-1881), smearing paint on both its protective glass case and pedestal.[1] In the indictment released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C on May 24th, it was revealed that the individuals in question were charged with "conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States" and causing injury to museum property in violation of Title 40, United States Code, Sections 6303(b)(2):
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