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2022 was filled with incidents in which activists began targeting high-profile artworks to raise awareness to climate change. Largely confined to Europe, the protests have come to the U.S., where yesterday at 11am ET, two Americans dressed in black suits smeared red and black paint across the case protecting Edgar Degas' Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (1879–1881) at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.The two protestors, Tim Martin from Raleigh, North Carolina, and Joanna Smith from Brooklyn, represent the climate group, Declare Emergency. In footage first shared by The Washington Post, Smith voiced his concern to U.S. president Joe Biden, stating, “We need our leaders to take serious action, to tell us the truth about what’s happening with the climate."Protesters smeared paint on ...

In a week's time, Steven Harrington is set to release his largest sculptural edition to date. Normally reserved to smaller pieces and vinyl figures that measure roughly a foot in height, the acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist will cast his signature Mello dog in five feet of fiberglass reinforced polymer.While larger sculptures have been a constant throughout the last ten years of his career, museums and solo exhibitions have been the only way for visitors to experience them. "I've always wanted the public to experience and have access to the life sized version my altar ego, Mello. I feel very fortunate to finally be able to offer this to my audience for the first time," the artist told Hypeart. The latest entry in the Mello line measures 5 feet tall x 2 feet wide x 1 feet 10 inches deep. ...