Activist arrested after poster stuck over Monet painting in Paris

AA climate activist was arrested on Saturday for sticking an adhesive poster on a Monet painting at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris to draw attention to global warming. The museum says the artwork was not damaged in the stunt, reports RFI.

A video shared on social media showed a woman placing a large red sticker over most of the painting Coquelicots, known by the English title Poppy Field, by French Impressionist Claude Monet.

The activist, a member of the environmental group Riposte Alimentaire (Food Response), said the poster showed what Monet's idyllic scene might look like in a climate-ravaged future.

"This nightmarish image awaits us if no alternative is put in place," she can be heard saying.

Read more of this report from RFI.