Climate protesters threw soup on Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers in London's National Gallery. The protest against fossil fuel extraction caused no discernible damage to the glass-covered painting.
The Associated PressActivists from 'Just Stop Oil' glue their hands to the wall after throwing soup at Vincent van Gogh's painting Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London on Friday.in London's National Gallery on Friday to protest fossil fuel extraction, but caused no discernible damage to the glass-covered painting.
The group Just Stop Oil, which wants the British government to halt new oil and gas projects, said activists dumped two cans of Heinz tomato soup over the oil painting, one of the Dutch artist's most iconic works. The two protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall. The soup splashed across the glass covering the painting and its gilded frame. The gallery said "there is some minor damage to the frame but the painting is unharmed." The work is one of several versions ofLondon's Metropolitan Police said officers arrested two people on suspicion of criminal damage and aggravated trespass.
"Specialist officers have now un-glued them and they have been taken into custody to a central London police station," the force said in a statement. The group has drawn attention, and criticism, for targeting artworks in museums. In July, Just Stop Oil activists glued themselves to the frame of Leonardo da Vinci's
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