Alex Marshall

NYT WRITER

A climate activist of the "Last Generation" group being overpowerd while another one has glued himself to the painting "Death and Life" by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt after pouring black liquid over the artwork at the Leopold Museum in Vienna, Austria, Nov 15, 2022.
LIFE & CULTURE

How do you tell a vandal from a visitor? Art museums are struggling

It’s not easy to stop a determined climate protester, museum directors say, even as they fear for their masterpieces.