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Commentary: Throwing food on famous art to sound alarm on climate change distracts from the cause

Activists threw mashed potatoes on Claude Monet’ s famous“ Les Meules” painting, which is housed at the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, Germany.

The worldwide debate over climate change is descending into a political food fight. On Sunday, climate activists threw mashed potatoes on Claude Monet’s famous “Les Meules” painting, which is housed at the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, Germany. This is the latest in a series of incidents in which activists are smearing food on famous artwork to help stave off a climate crisis.

Talk about throwing the kitchen sink at a problem. Earlier

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