“The paintings (…) are not damaged,” the National Gallery announced on Friday.
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On Friday, September 27, Just Stop Oil activists sprayed soup on two paintings of the Sunflowers of Van Gogh at the National Gallery in London, just after the sentencing of two activists to prison for similar acts, announced the environmental group on X. “The paintings have been removed, they are being examined by the curator, and are not damaged”said the museum in a press release sent to AFP.
A few hours earlier, two activists were convicted by British courts for having thrown soup on Van Gogh’s masterpiece in October 2022, Sunflowers. Phoebe Plummer, 23, was sentenced to two years in prison, and Anna Holland, 22, received a 20-month prison term. They had only very slightly damaged the frame surrounding the 1888 work, protected by glass.
🚨 BREAKING: 2 VAN GOGH PAINTINGS SOUPED HOURS AFTER PHOEBE AND ANNA SENTENCED
🥫 3 Just Stop Oil supporters have thrown soup over 2 of Van Gogh paintings in the ‘Poets and Lovers’ exhibition at the National Gallery.
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