Anti-Israel Protesters, in a Nod to Climate Change Activists, Deface Picasso Painting to ‘Free Palestine’

The protesters pasted another photo on top of the coveted painting in a call for a UK arms embargo on Israel.

Youth Demand Handout
An activist pastes a photo of a Gazan mother and child over Picasso's artwork entitled 'Motherhood,' at the National Gallery in central London October 9, 2024. Youth Demand Handout

Anti-Israel protesters, in a nod to the controversial art-blitz tactics of climate change activists, targeted a 1901 painting by Picasso entitled “Motherhood” at London on Wednesday to call for an arms embargo on Israel.  

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