Van Gogh

2022 - 10 - 15

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Fossil fuel protesters throw tomato soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers ... (CNN)

Anti-fossil fuel protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's famous 1888 painting "Sunflowers" at London's National Gallery on Friday.

In July, members of Just Stop Oil glued themselves to a copy of [Picasso's "Massacre in Korea"](https://www.cnn.com/style/article/picasso-extinction-rebellion-intl/index.html)at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. [a masterpiece](https://cnn.com/style/article/just-stop-oil-hay-wain-london-climate/index.html)held in the National Gallery, while members of an Italian climate activist organization glued themselves to Botticelli's "Primavera" in Florence. [Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper"](https://cnn.com/style/amp/just-stop-oil-protest-leonardo-da-vinci/index.html)at the Royal Academy of Art in London. [statement posted on Twitter](https://twitter.com/NationalGallery/status/1580880525824122880?s=20&t=uavnXIqEiZkVc0t3QEbcZw), the National Gallery confirmed the incident in Room 43, where "Sunflowers" was displayed, and gave an update on its condition. [Vincent van Gogh](https://cnn.com/style/article/hidden-vincent-van-gogh-self-portrait-intl-scli/index.html)'s famous 1888 painting "Sunflowers" at London's National Gallery on Friday.

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Two women charged after soup thrown over Van Gogh's Sunflowers ... (Sky News)

Footage posted by the Just Stop Oil campaign group showed activists opening two Heinz tins and then hurling the contents over the 1888 work, before kneeling ...

Footage posted by the Just Stop Oil campaign group showed activists opening two Heinz tins and then throwing the contents over the 1888 work on Friday morning, before kneeling down in front of the masterpiece and gluing their hands to the wall beneath it. Sunflowers is the second, more famous, Van Gogh painting to be targeted by the group, with two climate activists gluing themselves to his 1889 Peach Trees in Blossom, exhibited at the Courtauld Gallery, at the end of June. Footage posted by the Just Stop Oil campaign group showed activists opening two Heinz tins and then hurling the contents over the 1888 work, before kneeling down in front of the masterpiece and gluing their hands to the wall beneath it.

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UK police charge two women after soup thrown at van Gogh's ... (Reuters)

Two women have been charged with criminal damage after climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers" at London's ...

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Woke climate activists throw tomato soup at $84 million Van Gogh ... (WION)

Two woke anti-oil activists on Friday created a ruckus at the National Gallery in London by throwing tomato soup at Vincent Van Gogh's painting 'Sunflowers' ...

The limit of your tolerance should be the use of violence." The group, infamous for its actions has been advocating for a fossil-fuel future in the UK. One netizen quote tweeted the video shared by Just Stop Oil and said, "Literally makes no sense. Informing about the incident, National Gallery in a statement said, "At just after 11 am this morning two people entered Room 43 of the National Gallery. There is some minor damage to the frame but the painting is unharmed," it read further. The two activists have been identified as Phoebe Plummer, 21, from London and Anna Holland, 20, from Newcastle.

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Two women charged after Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at ... (ABC News)

Two women have been charged with criminal damage after climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers painting, police say.

The gallery said the incident had caused minor damage to the frame but the painting was unharmed. - The National Gallery says there was minor damage to the frame, but the painting was unharmed - Police charge climate activists with "criminal damage" to Vincent van Gogh painting

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Climate activists throw soup on Van Gogh painting (NHK WORLD)

Two climate activists have been arrested after they threw soup on Vincent van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers" at the National Gallery in London.

The women are members of Just Stop Oil, an organization that campaigns against fossil fuel use. One of them shouts, "What is worth more, art or life?" The gallery said the frame suffered minor damage but the glass-covered painting was unharmed.

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UK police charge two women after soup thrown at van Gogh's ... (Rappler)

LONDON, United Kingdom – Two women have been charged with criminal damage after climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's painting ...

Police said two women, aged 21 and 20, would appear later at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with “criminal damage to the frame of van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting.” The gallery said the incident had caused minor damage to the frame but the painting was unharmed. LONDON, United Kingdom – Two women have been charged with criminal damage after climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Sunflowers” at London’s National Gallery, British police said on Saturday, October 15.

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Three Climate Activists Appear in Court After Soup Thrown Over Van ... (Bloomberg)

Three Just Stop Oil climate activists have appeared in court over protests - which included soup being thrown over Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting.

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UK climate activists in court after throwing soup on van Gogh's ... (Al Arabiya English)

Two environmental protesters appeared in a UK court Saturday after throwing tomato soup over one of Vincent van Gogh's “Sunflowers” paintings at London's.

Lora Johnson, 38, pleaded not guilty to criminal damage in the same London court Saturday after allegedly spraying orange paint on the New Scotland Yard sign, as others blocked the road outside. Two environmental protesters appeared in a UK court Saturday after throwing tomato soup over one of Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” paintings at London’s National Gallery. UK climate activists in court after throwing soup on van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ painting

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Just Stop Oil protesters charged after throwing soup over Van Gogh ... (The Guardian)

Two women are to appear in court charged with criminal damage to frame of Sunflowers at London's National Gallery.

The action is expected to last for more than a month. Lora Johnson, 38, of Reydon, Suffolk, also appeared in court on Saturday charged with criminal damage to the main sign outside New Scotland Yard. Two women have appeared in court charged with criminal damage to the frame of Vincent van Gogh’s painting Sunflowers.

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Activists in UK court after soup thrown at Van Gogh picture (The Seattle Times)

Three climate activists appeared in a London court on charges of criminal damage after protests including throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh's “Sunflowers” ...

The two protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall. The three women pleaded not guilty to criminal damage at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court during two brief hearings Saturday. Just Stop Oil has drawn attention, and criticism, for targeting artworks in museums.

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Two men throw soup on Vincent van Gogh's iconic 'Sunflowers ... (Economic Times)

The work is one of several versions of 'Sunflowers' that Van Gogh painted in the late 1880s.​​

The soup splashed across the glass covering the painting and its gilded frame. It took about six hours to get the painting back on the display, as per reports. [Vincent van Gogh](/topic/vincent-van-gogh)’s ‘Sunflowers’ painting was almost destroyed after climate protesters threw soup over it in London’s National Gallery on Friday.

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Oil protesters appear in court after throwing soup at Van Gogh painting (CNBC)

The climate activists who threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's famous "Sunflowers" painting appeared in a court in London on charges of criminal damages.

The painting was covered by glass, and it was cleaned and returned to the National Gallery Friday afternoon. They were removed by specialists and taken into custody, according to the London Metropolitan Police. It has an estimated value of $80.99 million.

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Activists in UK court after soup thrown at Van Gogh picture (ABC News)

Three climate activists appeared in a London court on charges of criminal damage after protests including throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh's “Sunflowers” ...

Some demonstrators glued themselves to the road surface. The two protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall. On Saturday, police arrested a further 26 people after Just Stop Oil protesters blocked a major road in east London.

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Protesters throw soup on van Gogh artwork (The Manila Times)

LONDON: Climate protesters threw soup on Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in London's National Gallery on Friday to protest fossil fuel extraction, ...

Several also glued themselves to the road, blocking traffic. The two protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall. The soup splashed across the glass covering the painting and its gilded frame.

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Activists in UK court after soup thrown at Van Gogh picture (The Washington Post)

Three climate activists appeared in a London court on charges of criminal damage after protests including throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh's “Sunflowers” ...

[Prime Minister Liz Truss](https://apnews.com/hub/liz-truss) ‘ Conservative government opened a new licensing round for oil and gas operations in the North Sea and [reversed a 2019 ban on fracking](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-entertainment-england-hydraulic-fracturing-liz-truss-8dbb0fbc0fa6dbf85e979043bfd7b32a) in England. government](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-boris-johnson-climate-and-environment-government-politics-9aa9651b8ace23c992bfbf2599e9f80d) was undermining the fight against climate change. Some demonstrators glued themselves to the road surface. Just Stop Oil has drawn attention, and criticism, for their disruptive tactics, including targeting artworks in museums. The two protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall. On Saturday, police arrested a further 26 people after Just Stop Oil protesters blocked a major road in east London.

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Behind the Art: Why are Vincent van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' so famous ... (The Indian Express)

Vincent van Gogh was not the first artist to paint still-life flowers and he certainly did not invent sunflowers. He did things so differently that it ...

Known as a very gloomy and mentally disturbed person, [ Van Gogh ](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/behind-the-art-cafe-terrace-at-night-1888-by-vincent-van-gogh-7916137/)was truly overjoyed by the sunflowers as they gave him hope for a better life. Another fact of the painting highlights how unstable the frame of mind of Van Gogh was before he cut off his ear: In Arles, Vincent rented quarters in what he called the Yellow House and furnished a room to accommodate Gauguin. [artwork](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/van-gogh-final-work-6529060/) represents the heart and soul of the artist. He hung the first two paintings in his friend’s room, the painter Paul Gauguin, who came to live with him for a while in the Yellow House. In their various stages of decay, these flowers also remind people of the cycle of life and death. Most of his masterpieces were made when he was going through psychosis in the mental asylum but sunflowers signified something else entirely for him. This way he showed the world that it was possible to paint something with numerous variations of a single colour, without any loss of articulateness. [Vincent van Gogh](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/behind-the-art-why-is-the-starry-night-by-vincent-van-gogh-so-iconic-8005662/) once hoped to sell this for a mere $125 when he was alive. [Van Gogh](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/behind-the-art-portrait-of-dr-gachet-by-van-gogh-1890-8088350/) started his series of Sunflowers on Monday 20 August 1888 and finished on Friday. Van Gogh was not the first artist to paint still-life flowers and he certainly did not invent sunflowers. Vincent van Gogh, the infamous Dutch painter was nothing short of a genius. Vincent wanted to be known as the painter of sunflowers and it is this passion that led him to make five different versions of sunflowers in a vase.

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Oil protesters who threw soup on Van Gogh painting plead not guilty (UPI.com)

Two climate activists who threw soup on a Vincent Van Gogh painting to protest climate change pleaded not guilty in London Saturday to charges of criminal ...

"The 100 proposed oil and gas licenses will destroy all of our culture, along with human civilization as we know it," the climate advocates said from their Twitter account. [throwing soup](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/10/14/uk-vangogh-oil-truss-sunflowers/6711665754422/) on the painting the two said Friday that "our heritage is being destroyed by our government's failure to act on the climate and cost of living crisis." [according to the Irish Independent](https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/britain/oil-protesters-plead-not-guilty-to-criminal-damage-after-soup-thrown-on-van-goghs-sunflowers-painting-42069028.html).

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