Protestors from the Ultima
Generazione group threw bags of flour over a car painted by Andy
Warhol that is on show in Milan on Friday as part of their
campaign of civil disobedience to highlight the need to address
the climate crisis.
Two of the protestors then glued themselves to the car at the
Fabbrica del Vapore complex while others smashed paint-filled
balloons on the floor and glued themselves to it.
The show features an BMW car painted by the Pop Art master that
took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
Ultima Generazione have staged a series of controversial
protests to wake people up about the looming environmental
collapse.
These have included blocking rush-hour traffic in big cities,
disrupting people using private flights, spraying paint over the
offices of institutions linked to fossil fuels and stunts like
Friday's involving important works of art.
Ultima Generazione is demanding the immediate halt to the
reopening of decommission coal plants and the scrapping of new
gas-drilling projects in Italy.
It also wants the government to take action to increase the
energy generated by renewables in Italy by at least 20GW each
year.
Ultima Generazione is part of the A22 network of climate
civil-disobedience groups active in several countries, such as
Just Stop Oil in the UK, Stop Old Growth in Canada, Derniere
Renovation in France and Declare Emergency in the United States.
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