Picasso's work was covered with a photo of Gaza

Pro-Palestine activists cover Picasso's work with a photo of Gaza at a London museum
This pro-Palestinian group staged another protest against arms sales to Israel at the Cenotaph in London in July.

A protest took place inside the National Gallery in London (England) on Wednesday (9). Two activists placed a photo above Pablo Picasso's work "Maternity". The image they held up shows people injured in Gaza, the museum reported.

The group called Youth Demand, which calls for an end to arms sales to Israel, said the protesters pasted the photo on the protective glass of the work, painted by the Spanish artist in 1901.

A video posted by the group on social media shows a security guard moving quickly to remove the poster from the canvas.

When detained, one of the protesters shouted "Free, free Palestine" ("Free Palestine", in Portuguese). The activist also said that the UK government is "complicit in the genocide" in the Gaza Strip and that there is strong support for the campaign to end arms sales to Israel.

This pro-Palestinian group staged another protest against arms sales to Israel in July at the Cenotaph in London, the official memorial to those killed in conflicts in Great Britain. At the time, the activists planned to disrupt a speech by King Charles III.

In a statement, the National Gallery said that "police intervened and arrested" the two people.

"The room is currently closed, there was no damage to any works," the museum added in its statement.

This is not the first time that the National Gallery has been the scene of activist actions. In late September, two protesters were sentenced to prison for throwing soup at Vincent Van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers" in 2022. When this conviction was announced, another version of "Sunflowers" was again attacked by activists from the same group.

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