Just Stop Oil says the glass of the painting at the National Gallery was smashed with safety hammers.
Two Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested after glass protecting the Rokeby Venus painting at the National Gallery in London was smashed.Just Stop Oil named the pair as Hanan, 22, and Harrison, 20, and said safety hammers were used to smash the glass.
The vandalised artwork, by Diego Velazquez in the 1600s, was previously slashed by suffragette Mary Richardson in 1914. "Politics is failing us. It failed women in 1914 and it is failing us now. New oil and gas will kill millions. If we love art, if we love life, if we love our families we must Just Stop Oil."Meanwhile, the Met Police said it made the arrests at Whitehall "within 15 minutes".
It states that an arrest can be made if their actions "interfere with the use or operation of any key national infrastructure in England and Wales".