A group of climatic activists says that one of its supporters sprayed pink paint Thursday morning on a Pablo Picasso painting in a Montreal museum.
The latest generation Canada says that an activist has coated washable 1901 washable painting in the Hétaïre painting at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
The group asks the Canadian government to create a climatic disaster protection agency to help people affected by extreme weather conditions.
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Montreal police said that a person had been arrested for mischief after the incident and was released with a promise to appear before the court on a later date.
The museum claims that the painting was held under protective window and that there was no immediate sign of damage to the board itself, which is loaned by a gallery in Italy.
The activist group says it has also targeted Montreal Casino and the BMO museum with pink paint in recent weeks.
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