Art world questions climate activists' approach, zero tolerance for vandalism

A police woman stands guard outside the Mauritshuis museum after a recent attempt to smear the Johannes Vermeer's painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" in The Hague. Photo: AFP

Art world professionals have slammed recent attacks on famous paintings by climate protesters as "counterproductive" and dangerous acts of vandalism.

While some of the major French and British museums interviewed by AFP, including the Louvre, the National Gallery and the Tate in London, are keeping a low profile on the issue, others are calling for stronger protective measures against such acts.