Climate activists in Vancouver said they threw maple syrup on a painting by one of Canada's most iconic artists at the Vancouver Art Gallery Saturday to bring attention to the global climate emergency. Emily Kelsall, who identified herself as one of the people who covered Emily Carr's 1934 painting Stumps and Sky with maple syrup, said she was with a group called Stop Fracking Around. © Shawn Foss/CBC News Emily Kelsall spoke to CBC News on Saturday, Nov. 12 after she said she threw maple syrup on an Emily Carr painting at the Vancouver Art Gallery to draw attention to the global climate emergency. A press release from Stop Fracking around identified the other person involved in throwing maple syrup on the Carr painting as Erin Fletcher. "The Vancouver Art Gallery condemns acts of vandalism toward the works of cultural significance in our care, or in any museum," said Anthony Kiendl, director and CEO of the Vancouver Art Gallery in the statement.

Source: CBC News November 13, 2022 08:18 UTC