Another activist who participated in the protest, Joanna Smith, pleaded guilty in December 2023 to one count of causing injury to a National Gallery of Art exhibit.

AMY GOODMAN: I want to thank you both for being with us, Linda Lakhdhir, legal director of Climate Rights International, and Joanna Smith, climate activist with the group Declare Emergency.

Another activist who participated in the protest, Joanna Smith, pleaded guilty in December 2023 to one count of causing injury to a National Gallery of Art exhibit.

Martin and fellow climate activist Joanna Smith chose to deface the exhibit for Edgar Degas’ “Little Dancer of Fourteen Years,” an original wax sculpture with its arms pulled back and its ...

Timothy Martin (left) and Joanna Smith (right) in front of La petite danseuse de quatorze ans (1880) by Edgar Degas during a climate protest at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, on 27 ...

Raleigh activist Timothy Martin guilty of vandalism over National Gallery protest involving washable paint on Degas art, faces up to 10 years in prison.

A climate protester vandalized the "45" presidential plaque inside Trump Tower on Wednesday and was arrested afterwards, authorities said. Nathaniel Smith, 36, was arrested over the incident.

The activist was originally charged alongside 54-year-old Brooklynite Joanna Smith, who pleaded guilty in December 2023 to “injury to National Gallery of Art property” and received a 60-day ...

Both Martin and Smith are part of the climate activist group Declare Emergency. The group claimed credit for the vandalism.

After the COVID-19 pandemic, Smith became involved in climate activism. He co-founded Safe Landing, an organization that urges the aviation industry to address climate change.

Martin’s conviction stems from 2023, when he and New York climate activity Joanna Smith entered the National Gallery in Washington with plans to deface the plexiglass display case for Edgar ...