Climate protesters indicted for smearing paint around case of Degas statue

that included smearing paint on the case protecting Edgar Degas’s “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” sculpture in the National Gallery of Art, the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington said Friday.The climate activists — identified in the recently unsealed indictment as Timothy Martin and Joanna Smith — surrendered to officials on Friday on two counts related to conspiracy and damaging property in the National Gallery of Art, according to a news release from federal prosecutors.

“This was not trying to destroy priceless art. This was not trying to damage the property of the federal government,” said Phil Andonian, an attorney representing Smith. “It was really about getting a vital message out to the public and amplifying it.” Two members of the climate activist group Declare Emergency smeared paint on the case of the "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" statue on April 27.

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Feds charge climate protesters for allegedly defacing Edgar Degas exhibit at National Gallery of ArtTwo members of a climate activist group were arrested and charged for allegedly defacing an art exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., during a protest.
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