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It was at the third time this month that
activists from the group Ultima Generazione (Last Generation)
have targeted art exhibitions.
On Nov. 4, protesters hurled soup over a Van Gogh work in Rome
and on Nov. 15, they threw a black liquid on a Gustav Klimt
painting in Vienna. Both masterpieces were protected by glass
screens and unharmed.
The BMW Art Car looked as if it had been covered by a dusting of
snow after Friday's attack.
Warhol painted it in 1979, the same year as it took part in the
24-hour race at Le Mans in France, before being taken off the
road and placed in a museum.
Ultima Generazione's high-profile stunts to push for tougher
action to tackle global warming have coincided with climate
talks in Egypt.
The COP27 climate change conference is scheduled to finish on
Friday, but it is expected to run into overtime as delegates
from nearly 200 countries struggle to agree on a way forward.
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(Reporting by Crispian Balmer; editing by Barbara Lewis)
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