Three individuals targeted National Gallery paintings an hour after Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland were jailed for similar attack in 2022

Climate activists have thrown tomato soup over two Sunflowers paintings by Vincent van Gogh, just an hour after two others were jailed for a similar protest action in 2022.

Three supporters of Just Stop Oil walked into the National Gallery in London, where an exhibition of Van Gogh’s collected works is on display, at 2.30pm on Friday afternoon, and threw Heinz soup over Sunflowers 1889 and Sunflowers 1888.

The latter was the same work targeted by Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland in 2022. That pair are now among 25 supporters of Just Stop Oil in jail for climate protests.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    3 months ago

    Why does it have to be an immediate end and not a phase out? Right now, we’re not even phasing out.

    • AlexanderTheDead@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Pretty uncharitable interpretation of something posted by someone who I would guess you have a common goal with.

      People that give a fuck about “priceless art” or whatever are so silly. Lmao.

      I’m not saying to not continue posting articles like this, but I do think that maybe your time would be better spent arguing with people who don’t believe in climate change instead of arguing with people who do believe in climate change.

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      3 months ago

      When someone calls for ending something last decade it required immediate action now.