UK Climate Activists Arrested After Throwing Soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Two UK climate activists have been arrested after throwing tinned soup at one of Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings in the National Gallery in London.
The activists, who are supporters of the Just Stop Oil organisation, threw two tins of Heinz Tomato soup over the 1888 work Sunflowers shortly after 11 a.m. on Friday, before kneeling down in front of the painting and appearing to glue their hands to the wall beneath it.
One of the activists, 21-year-old Phoebe Plummer from London, said in front of the painting: “What is worth more, art or life? Is it worth more than food? Worth more than justice? Are you more concerned about the protection of a painting, or the protection of our planet and people? The cost of living crisis is part of the cost of oil crisis.”…