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

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.

    • geogle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2826·
      2 months ago

      That sort of comment could be used to justify an unbelievable amount of vandalism and terror and is just not productive

      • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        229·
        2 months ago

        We should value the Earth more than art. If vandalism of paintings bothers people more than the destruction of the Earth then they should reexamine their priorities. No to mention, the vandalism of the art is imagined, the painting is undamaged, but the damage to the planet is real. On top of that, if we do nothing to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions then the damage to the planet will continue to worsen.

        • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
          98·
          2 months ago

          There is no reason to compare the earth and art given that destroying art does not in any way benefit earth.

          • webadict@lemmy.worldEnglish
            45·
            2 months ago

            Well destroying the Earth does not in anyway benefit art, either, but we’re still doing that one.