What museums are doing to protect artworks from pea soup, potato puree

Climate activists from Last Generation posing by 'The Sower', an 1888 painting by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, after they threw pea soup at it on Nov 4, as it was on show at Rome's Palazzo Bonaparte. Photo: AFP

More and more artworks are being smeared with food products in activist stunts drawing attention to government inaction on the climate crisis. Museums in Germany, the site of a recent mashed potato attack, are considering new measures to protect their art.

The security guard at Potsdam's Barberini art museum is visibly at a loss as to how to react.