Protestors Throw Tomato Soup on Van Gogh Art

Climate protesters threw Heinz tomato soup on Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in London's National Gallery on Friday.

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[Alikhan]

Cut off their house gas and electric, since they want to move away from oil and gas.

[CrispyGrey]

When you drink the Kool aid you go insane.

[aurorandite]

"What's worth more, art or life?"

Art, of course.

[XN_starboy]

What kind of security lets people pass them with a can of soup 💀

[pukielacuna]

Art is life, there is no vs, no competition between them. Art is what got Van Gogh through as much of his life as he did.

[RowanWatersStudios]

Ruining art is ruining our history. DO NOT TOUCH IT. There are BETTER ways of F">king Protesting. LEAVE THE ART AND HISTORY ALONE.

[CaptainWrst]

"What is worth more art or life?"

The painting is worth about $72 million
A hitman is worth about $250

So the painting

[nosferatu]

Did they do this because its made with oil paint ?

[AlliWritesNow]

Actually, 10 out of 10 men would choose the painting over you boo.

[gekyumeonfroy]

How you got money for hair dye and matching stop oil shirts but can’t pay gas😂😂

[Veckoza]

In the full video, they ask what is worth more, Art or Food, but they wasted both. They then say cold families are going hungry. That soup could have been put to better use then, right?

[mgmx]

There are better ways to make a statement than making a janitor's job harder.

[sukapow]

I can't believe I'm living in this time period and seeing this

[asce]

Bro these people will do anything but actually protest

[danilicious]

Expected this to be about the British stealing tons of objects. I was disappointed by the sheer stupidity of both the action and reasoning behind it.

[bobbyrose]

They do realize the superglue they used as oil-based products in it right

[eafyfel]

they talked abt how families are starving becuz thay cant afford food meanwhile look at them throwing food on a national treasure

[maywild-traveler]

If the artist was still alive. I can't imagine the amount of emotion it would be. I would be devastated a n d angry.
Art is life, pouring our souls in it.

[Box_plot]

As a oil and gas technician, need to tell you guys to stop doing such thing, gas and oil production pollute almost nothing, the waste produced is used as well, and oil will not end so soon, we not even discovered minority of the oil fields in the world, and in fossil fuel energy, the gases produced can be filtered, the bad gas is CO, not CO2

[chickenator]

Yes because the earth is saved apparently (even though it wasn't in danger in the first place) by throwing a can of tomato soup. How genius