Protesters Arrested After Throwing Soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Two Just Stop Oil supporters have been arrested after throwing tinned soup at one of Vincent Van Gogh's most famous paintings to protest against fossil fuels.

The protestors, wearing Just Stop Oil T-shirts, threw two tins of Heinz Tomato soup over the 1888 work Sunflowers shortly after 11am on Friday, before kneeling down in front of the painting and appearing to glue their hands to the wall beneath it.

Tomato soup covered the image, which is covered by glass, as well as parts of the golden frame.

Visitors were then shortly escorted out by security, who then shut the doors to room 43 of the gallery where the painting hangs.

One of the activists, 21-year-old Phoebe Plummer from London, said in front of the painting: "What is worth more, art or life? Is it worth more than food? Worth more than justice?

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[denjhill]

What is wrong with these people? Disgusting.

[poppystars]

Well and that’s what parents who don’t discipline their kids looks like.

[leroywatermelon]

She goes on about starving children after wasting a can of soup on a painting. 🤣

[meejinhuang]

They are fools and should serve long sentences or be sued for the value of the paintings.

[joey_]

This is the product of modern college education.

[nirvanaula]

Seriously, Van Gogh died in extreme poverty and despair cuz people don’t recognize his art value. Out of every rich man’s commissioned art in the museum, they chose the poorest artist to sabotage and make their point. Don’t pick your fight against poor when you are claiming to help the poor.

[bunksoup]

The painting was covered in glass. They did more damage to their cause than anything.

[HDESROSE]

why a museum of all things? why van gogh specifically? because its popular...? this argument is so stupid. what does this piece of art have to do with climate change? if you really wanted to make a point, throw paint on your car or something, that way it would actually make sense. the painting has literally nothing to do with what youre trying to fight against. absolute foolishness.

[RandomGaijin]

wait till she finds out what her hair dye, fake nails, and clothing are made with.

[rapsheets]

These people are always the rejects of society.

[USMC-jkbt]

Now if it was an Andy Warhol . The irony would be too much.

[AaBbCcDdEeF]

Nice to see that this type of color choice for hair is a universal characteristic that identifies these individuals and not just in the US.

Wonder if she realizes what she’s actually saying, considering she just wasted a good can of soup.

[dedgzus]

When they glue their hands to the wall I always just imagine ripping them away and laughing at their skin on the wall.

[paulwinegardener]

Talks about oil. Destroys a painting with zero emissions. Talks about starving people. Wastes food on a guys painting that died in poverty. Do they think oil paintings are the problem??? Is this generation really that dumb?!

[robynengel]

What the heck does this do for the planet? One can care about both art and the planet - that's common sense.

[americanspirit]

Parents...come get your broken, brainwashed, adult children out of the Museum of Art.
Its all your fault.

[brianjohnston]

the irony. super glue is made of polymers which come from petroleum.

[MegaDringus]

*Complains about food crisis*
*Proceeds to waste food*

[iowaviking]

So you wasted food. Contradict yourself much.
One other note the dye and makeup you are wearing is petroleum based.
No oil no makeup.

[teddnagurski]

100 bucks says they both use they/them pronouns.