Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers #shorts

Protesters from the Just Stop Oil campaign group have thrown soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London.
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The climate group, which has been holding protests for the last fortnight in the British capital, said two women had walked into the room in the gallery displaying the painting and threw two tins of tomato soup over the painting, which is protected by glass.

Phoebe Plummer, reportedly one of the protesters, released a statement saying: “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.”

The gallery had no immediate comment.

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