Climate activists from the group Just Stop Oil have thrown tomato soup over Vincent Van Gogh’s famous ‘Sunflowers’ painting at the National Gallery in London.
According to a video posted on social media, two protesters threw the soup at the painting before gluing themselves to the wall beneath the artwork.
Just Stop Oil wrote on Twitter that “our heritage is being destroyed by our government’s failure to act on the climate and cost of living crisis” and added that “Just Stop Oil supporters choose life over art.”
In the video, one of the activists said the “cost of living crisis is part of the cost of oil crisis” and that some people cannot even afford to heat a tin of soup.
There was no damage to the painting, as it is protected by glass, according to the gallery, which also said the activists had been arrested.
It is not known if the activists plan to throw sunflowers at Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s “Soup Cans” work of art.
