Climate protestors target Diego Velazquez painting at London's National Gallery
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![In this photo provided by Just Stop Oil on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, activists hit the protective glass on a painting at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Two climate change protesters smashed a protective glass panel covering a famous Diego Velázquez oil painting at London's National Gallery, the group Just Stop Oil said Monday. The two activists targeted Velázquez's “The Toilet of Venus,” also known as “The Rokeby Venus, Two activists hit the glass protecting a painting.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7019645.1699283226!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/britain-climate-protest-painting-targeted.jpg)
Two climate change protesters were arrested Monday after they smashed a protective glass panel covering a famous Diego Velazquez oil painting at London's National Gallery, police said Monday.