Two German climate protestors were arrested after throwing mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting that sold for $110 million

Two German climate protestors were arrested after throwing mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting that sold for $110 million. 

Although the protestors’ identities were not released to the public, authorities said the incident occurred at the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, a city in the state of Brandenburg. The painting, titled “Grainstacks,” once sold for $110 million at an auction in 2019. Monet painted the image in 1890. Museum officials said in a tweet that the painting is protected by a layer of glass and wasn’t ruined.

“Today, October 23, Claude Monet’s painting “Stacks of Grain” was thrown with mashed potatoes by two “Last Generation” activists. Since the picture is glazed, the immediate conservation investigation showed that it was not damaged in any way.”