Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's Sunflowers

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Climate protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh\u0027s \u0022Sunflowers\u0022 in London\u0027s National Gallery on Friday to protest fossil fuel extraction.

The group Just Stop Oil, which wants the British government to halt new oil and gas projects, said activists dumped two cans of tomato soup over the oil painting, one of the Dutch artist’s most iconic works. The two protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

Activists from the ‘Just Stop Oil’ campaign group, with hands glued to the frame of the painting ‘The Hay Wain’ by English artist John Constable, but covered in a mock ‘undated’ version including roads and aircraft, protest against the use of fossil fuels, in the National Gallery in London on July 4, 2022.A group of protesters from the same group later gathered at police headquarters and sprayed yellow paint over the rotating “New Scotland Yard” sign in front of it.

 

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