Protestors Arrested for Throwing Soup on Van Gogh's Iconic Sunflowers Painting at National Gallery

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This coating came very adjacent to touting an unexpected dash of color.
 
Two protestors were arrested successful London connected Oct. 13 aft throwing crockery astatine Van Gogh's iconic Sunflowers coating located successful the National Gallery. After arriving astatine the gallery, successful summation to throwing the nutrient connected the artwork, according to Metropolitan police, the protestors besides "glued themselves to a wall" earlier they were "un-glued and taken into custody."
 
Authorities confirmed the 2 people—who person been reported to beryllium clime alteration activists—were arrested for "criminal harm and aggravated trespass." The constabulary besides noted that arsenic acold arsenic the $72 cardinal coating (created by the celebrated Dutch creator successful 1888) goes, though determination is immoderate "minor harm to the frame," the coating remained "unharmed."
 
This isn't the archetypal clip that members of the Just Stop Oil radical person chosen notable pieces of artwork arsenic the people of their protests to telephone attraction to their cause.

In July, Just Stop Oil activists besides glued themselves to the framework of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper (at London's Royal Academy of Arts) and to John Constable's The Hay Wain (also located successful the National Gallery).

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According to Sky News, the activists person been calling for the authorities to halt their attempts astatine securing each caller lipid and state licenses. Their demonstrations travel connected the heels of the British authorities attempting to grow connected lipid and state exploration, which has drawn disapproval that the determination volition person a nonstop interaction connected clime change.

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