The painting “has not suffered any damage”. The work of Claude Monet painted with paint on Wednesday in Stockholm by two environmental activists is intact, announced this Thursday in Paris Christophe Leribault, director of the Musée d’Orsay to which this work belongs.
The work in question, entitled “The Artist’s Garden at Giverny” (1900) is on loan from the Musée d’Orsay to the Nationalmuseum, as part of an exhibition devoted to gardens and nature. Christophe Leribault clarified that this painting had been examined by restorers from the two museums Thursday morning, by videoconference. Neither the work nor its frame, slathered in water-based paint, have been degraded, he assures us.
Environmental claims
The organization Återställ Våtmarker (“Restore the wetlands”) had demanded this action from AFP and broadcast a video in which we can see two women, one nurse and the other, student nurse, brushing red paint the showcase protecting the painting.
They chant, in chorus “The climate situation is urgent! and “Our health is at risk!” “. They were arrested by the police. In an interview with AFP, the organization accused the Swedish government of not respecting its international commitments in terms of environmental policy. The Nationalmuseum is working to re-hang the painting in the exhibition, a spokeswoman told the daily Dagens Nyheter.