The famous painting, which was glazed, is intact. The two activists were arrested.
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Tomato soup on one of the most famous paintings in the world. Two environmental activists from the Just Stop Oil movement threw soup on The sunflowersa masterpiece by Van Gogh exhibited at the National Gallery in London, Friday October 14 at the end of the morning.
The scene was filmed by a journalist from the Guardian and the action was claimed on Twitter by the movement, which calls for the immediate halt to any new oil or gas project. “Which is more valuable, art or life?” asks Just Stop Oil in its message.
Activists with @JustStop_Oil have thrown tomato soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the national Gallery and glued themselves to the wall. pic.twitter.com/M8YP1LPTOU
— Damien Gayle (@damiengayle) October 14, 2022
BREAKING: SOUP THROWN ON VAN GOGH’S ‘SUNFLOWERS’
Is art worth more than life? More than food? More than justice?
The cost of living crisis and climate crisis is driven by oil and gas.#FreeLouis #FreeJosh #CivilResistance #A22Network #JustStopOil #NoNewOil pic.twitter.com/18T2zSP2ws
— Just Stop Oil ⚖️ (@JustStop_Oil) October 14, 2022
Contacted by franceinfo, the British museum specifies that the painting, whose price is estimated at more than 86 million euros, is intact because it was glazed. Only the frame is slightly damaged. The two activists were arrested by the police, he said.