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Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers after fellow protesters jailed (www.theguardian.com)

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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.

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[-] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago

These people are utter cunts.

All this does is annoy people and potentially damage the actual art. If they threw soup at oil execs or something, at least it’d be somewhat related to their message. But attacking paintings does nothing.

If I saw that in a museum, I’d punch them in the mouth.

[-] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 weeks ago

We know perfectly well that the art is behind glass and will not be damaged because they did it before. So it's complete nonsense to say that it will potentially destroy the art.

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The oil execs thank you for giving them soup while punching climate protesters in the mouth.

[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Didn't they throw it at a protective barrier, though? So zero potential of damaging the art?
Throwing soup at an oil exec is assault on a human being and would be worse, ethically, because human beings have sensory apparatuses and, presumably at least some level of emotion.
If you punched someone in the mouth because they threw soup at a protective plastic barrier in a museum, then it is you who would be the "utter cunt".

[-] Adanisi@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Hmmm, you complain, but yet you participate in society. Curious!

[-] PetteriSkaffari@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

You are the utter cunt here yourself, with your short-sighted opinion. Can't you see the parallel in polluting something of value? Like is being done to our planet? And those people's grandchildren will be even more annoyed when they have hardly any food left, with weather catastrophies ruining their existence. OK, that was a bit harsh, but you catch my drift.

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