Watch: Two Women Vandalize a Historic Canvas — Cultural Terrorism and the Educated Left’s New Weapon

Two activists from the environmental group Futuro Vegetal were arrested on Sunday, 12 October, after throwing biodegradable red paint over a painting of Christopher Columbus at the Naval Museum in Madrid.

According to reports from El Confidencial and El País, the paint damaged the left-hand side of José Garnelo’s 1892 work First Tribute to Christopher Columbus, displayed at the museum entrance. Museum officials detained the two women until National Police arrived. Both were charged with crimes against cultural heritage and taken for questioning

The activists unfurled a banner reading “October 12, nothing to celebrate. Ecosocial justice.” Futuro Vegetal said the act denounced the “extractive neocolonialism” that continues to exploit Indigenous lands and natural resources.