{"id":106360,"date":"2022-10-24T08:28:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T08:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/german-protesters-arrested-after-throwing-mashed-potatoes-at-monet-painting-that-sold-for-110-million\/"},"modified":"2022-10-24T08:28:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T08:28:06","slug":"german-protesters-arrested-after-throwing-mashed-potatoes-at-monet-painting-that-sold-for-110-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/german-protesters-arrested-after-throwing-mashed-potatoes-at-monet-painting-that-sold-for-110-million\/","title":{"rendered":"German protesters arrested after throwing mashed potatoes at Monet painting that sold for $110 million"},"content":{"rendered":"
Police arrested a pair of German protesters who, in a bid to bring attention to the perils of climate change, threw mashed potatoes Sunday at a Claude Monet painting that once sold for more than $110 million.<\/p>\n
Authorities said they are investigating the protesters, whom police did not name, for property damage and trespassing after the incident at the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, the capital of the state of Brandenburg, about 20 miles southeast of Berlin. <\/p>\n
An “immediate conservation investigation” found that “Grainstacks,” which Monet painted in 1890 and which sold for $110.7 million at a 2019 auction, sustained no damage from the stunt, as it lies behind a layer of protective glass, the museum said<\/a> in a statement on Twitter. The painting will be back on display by Wednesday, the museum added<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Brandenburg police spokesperson did not immediately respond to a question about why the protesters were being investigated for property damage given that the painting was unharmed. <\/p>\n