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.

An environmental protester was arrested for slapping a sticker over Claude Monet’s “Poppy Field” painting at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris on Saturday.

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.

The activist targeted “Poppy Field” by Claude Monet, affixing a sticker that covered about half the painting with an apocalyptic, futuristic vision of the same scene.

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 ...

World Climate activist sticks protest poster on Monet’s Poppy Field in Paris museum The stunt is the latest of several by protesters with the group Food Riposte to target artworks in France.