Climate activists attack glass screen protecting Klimt painting in Vienna

Gustav Klimt's painting "Tod und Leben" is seen after activists of Last Generation Austria (Letzte Generation Oesterreich) spilled oil on it in Leopold museum in Vienna, Austria, November 15, 2022. Letzte Generation Oesterreich/Handout via REUTERS

VIENNA (Reuters) - Climate-change activists on Tuesday smeared and glued one of their hands to a glass screen protecting a Gustav Klimt painting in a Vienna museum to protest against oil drilling, on a day when entry was free thanks to an oil firm's sponsorship.

Activist group Last Generation posted images online of one supporter pouring what it called a "black, oily liquid" on the screen in front of Klimt's "Death and Life" at the Leopold Museum, before being intercepted by a member of staff while another activist apparently glued his hand to the screen.