The problem with the organizations targeting key historical artworks to protest climate change is that they chose to aim precisely the wrong crowd. The folks who value art are not exactly of the thoughtless variety who don't care about the planet and future generations, on the contrary. That's EXACTLY why these actions are absolutely senseless. In a human world full of ugliness, of hopelessness, art counters this by enriching it with beauty and hope. That's how art saves the world, even if an artwork is not meant to protest injustice, that doesn't mean it's meaningless. Art is one of the only evidences of our humanity, of our heart, of our organic nature, of our connection to other living beings, of our capability of achieving great things and THAT is important for future generations TOO. It's humanity's source of spirituality. What we do to our planet is wrong, but so is this. 2 wrongs don't make one right. To think that the end justifies the means is what the most atrocious people in history have agreed on. If you are capable of spray painting something that came out of someone's soul, something that GIVES our world soul, I highly doubt you are a good person, even if you don't damage it. If you want to raise awareness, I beg you to find more creative and less lazy ways to do it.
