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Red Paint Attack on Columbus Canvas

Summary by Euro Weekly News
Two activists from the environmental group Futuro Vegetal were arrested on Sunday, 12 October, after throwing biodegradable red paint over a painting of Christopher Columbus at the Naval Museum in Madrid. According to reports from El Confidencial and El País, the paint damaged the left-hand side of José Garnelo’s 1892 work First Tribute to Christopher Columbus, displayed at the museum entrance. Source

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To demonstrate against the Spanish National Day on October 12, left-wing extreme activists of the movement "FuturoVegetal" smeared at the Marine Museum in Madrid ... The post Marine Museum in Madrid: Eco-activists smear important paintings by Christopher Columbus appeared first on Apollo News.

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Climate activists smeared paint on Jose Garnelo's painting "First Tribute to Christopher Columbus" at Madrid's Maritime Museum on Sunday.

·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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It is the painting "First homage to Christopher Columbus", which hangs in the Naval Museum of the Spanish capital.The attackers belong to the movement of nonviolent civil disobedience Future Vegetal.Javier Milei opined on the incident.

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Two activists of the Future Vegetal climate collective have attacked with red biodegradable paint the...

·Spain
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The attack has been on a work by the painter José Garnelo and the activists have been arrested

·Spain
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El Mundo broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Sunday, October 12, 2025.
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