Montreal police arrested a climate protester after he splashed pink paint on Pablo Picasso’s “L’Hétaire” (1901) yesterday, June 19, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art (MMFA).

Montreal police say one person has been arrested for mischief after a work by Picasso on display at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts was splattered with pink paint.

MONTREAL — A climate activist group says one of its supporters sprayed pink paint this morning on a Pablo Picasso painting at a Montreal museum.