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Greenpeace Protests Climate Crisis with Kapoor's Art on Shell Platform

8/19/2025

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Greenpeace activists displayed Anish Kapoor's artwork "BUTCHERED" on a Shell gas platform, using 1,000 liters of red mixture to symbolize fossil fuel damage.
The protest coincided with severe heatwaves in Europe, underscoring climate change's effects on communities.
Shell condemned the protest as dangerous and illegal, while Kapoor stressed the need to protest environmental destruction.

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Greenpeace activists displayed Anish Kapoor's artwork "BUTCHERED" on a Shell gas platform, using 1,000 liters of red mixture to symbolize fossil fuel damage.
The protest coincided with severe heatwaves in Europe, underscoring climate change's effects on communities.
Shell condemned the protest as dangerous and illegal, while Kapoor stressed the need to protest environmental destruction.