Climate protesters in Austria have thrown a black substance over Gustav Klimt's painting 'Death and Life,' in the latest act targeting renowned works of art across the world
a video and pictures of the protest.
"New oil and gas drilling is a death sentence to humanity," the group tweeted, accusing those searching for both resources of having blood on their hands."Lowering the speed limit to 100km/h on highways costs nothing to implement, saves 460 million tons of CO2 per year in #Austria alone and leads to less noise, better air quality and safer roads.
The police and a medical team were at the scene shortly after the attack and the activists' personal details were taken, the museum added. Klimt painted"Death and Life" in 1910 and reworked in 1912-1913 and again in 1915-1916. It depicts Death on the left, and Life -- men, women and children -- on the right.
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