Two protesters from Just Stop Oil have thrown tinned soup at Vincent Van Gogh’s famous 1888 work Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London.
The pair threw two tins of Heinz tomato soup before security was called in and visitors escorted out of the room.
The two protesters walked into the room and at 11 am threw the tins of soup over the painting. [bold, links added]
Speaking after throwing the soup, Phoebe Plummer, 21, said: “Is art worth more than life? More than food? More than justice?
“The cost of living crisis is driven by fossil fuels—everyday life has become unaffordable for millions of cold hungry families—they can’t even afford to heat a tin of soup.
“Meanwhile, crops are failing and people are dying in supercharged monsoons, massive wildfires, and endless droughts caused by climate breakdown.
“We can’t afford new oil and gas, it’s going to take everything.
“We will look back and mourn all we have lost unless we act immediately.”
While Anna Holland, 20, added: “UK families will be forced to choose between heating or eating this winter, as fossil fuel companies reap record profits. But the cost of oil and gas isn’t limited to our bills.
“Somalia is now facing an apocalyptic famine, caused by drought and fuelled by the climate crisis.
“Millions are being forced to move and tens of thousands face starvation. This is the future we choose for ourselves if we push for new oil and gas.”
Police have subsequently arrested two people for criminal damage following the incident.
In a tweet from the Metropolitan Police Events account, the force said:
Officers were rapidly on scene at the National Gallery this morning after two Just Stop Oil protesters threw a substance over a painting and then glued themselves to a wall. Both have been arrested for criminal damage & aggravated trespass. Officers are now de-bonding them.
— Metropolitan Police Events (@MetPoliceEvents) October 14, 2022
“Officers were rapidly on scene at the National Gallery this morning after two Just Stop Oil protesters threw a substance over a painting and then glued themselves to a wall. Both have been arrested for criminal damage & aggravated trespass. Officers are now de-bonding them.”
h/t RO
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Those two are nut cases. They have no idea about economics or how supply and demand works and definitely are clueless with it comes to the earth’s climate. The organization they work for will bail them out and either get their charges reduced or eliminated.
Typo correction; should have said “…clueless when it comes to…”
Maybe these Just Stop Oil idiots should live in a Grass Hut with No Windows, No Heat all winter Long and see what its like outside their own little fantasy world where they kiss Cobras and Dance with Polar Bears
I have heard a punch to the stomach leaves no marks….
And what about the security and checking on entry?
The greens, the alarmists, the ( brains in their ass) warmists
How intelligent of them to mistake a Van Gogh for a Warhola
Why not object to unreasonable weather by cutting of
the genitals of ISLAMIC PIGS
Make as much sense and would be infinitely
more beneficial to the human race
They should have used the French “debonding” method and then beaten them for resisting arrest.
Looks like Dumb and Dumber are no longer the titles of a series of Lousie movies their for real and they were putrid T-Shirts and belong to that stupid Just Stop Oil
Wipe the floor with their stupid T-Shirts with their stupid logo on it