An iconic Claude Monet painting, "Les Coquelicots" (Poppy Field), was vandalized at the Orsay Museum in Paris on Saturday by a climate activist from the French group Riposte Alimentaire.

The activist targeted Claude Monet's "Poppy Field" painting, affixing a sticker that covered about half of the artwork with an apocalyptic, futuristic vision of the same scene.

An iconic Claude Monet painting, "Les Coquelicots" (Poppy Field), was vandalized at the Orsay Museum in Paris on Saturday by a climate activist from the French group Riposte Alimentaire.

A climate activist in Paris stuck a protest poster on Monet's ‘Poppy Field' It was unclear whether the incident damaged the 151-year-old painting. By The Associated Press • Published June 1, 2024 ...

A climate activist was arrested Saturday after sticking a poster over Monet’s ‘Poppy Field’ at the Musee d’Orsay – the latest in a string of acts of vandalism against art works in the ...

An iconic Claude Monet painting, "Les Coquelicots" (Poppy Field), was vandalized at the Orsay Museum in Paris on Saturday by a climate activist from the French group Riposte Alimentaire.