The directors of leading museums and galleries have urged protesters to stop attacking their exhibitions as they warn that the stunts are disruptive and the public “no longer feel safe”.
In a letter to The Times, the National Museum Directors’ Council, which represents the leaders of the country’s national collections and regional museums, said that while it respected the right to protest and was “often sympathetic to the cause”, the stunts must stop so the venues can “continue to provide light and solace to all”.
On Wednesday protesters were arrested for trying to paste a picture of a Gazan mother and child over a Picasso at the National Gallery.
Members of a group called Youth Demand targeted Picasso’s work Motherhood at the National Gallery
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The council, which includes the British Library, the British Museum and the Tate, said: “Over the