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Climate Activists Vandalize Van Gogh Painting In Oil Protest

By Jack CraneOctober 15, 2022No Comments
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A pair of climate activists attempted to desecrate Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh’s painting at the National Gallery in London, in protest of the United Kingdom’s continued reliance on gas and oil.

Two young protestors splashed Van Gogh’s 134-year-old painting “Sunflowers” with a cans of tomato soup, then kneeled in front of the oil canvas and glued their hands to the display wall.

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

The pink-haired protestor launched into their harebrained reason for attempting to destroy famous artwork that dates back to 1888.

“What is worth more, art or life? Is it worth more than food? Worth more than justice? Are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people?” She implored stunned gallery goers.

Angry driver hits @JustStop_Oil supporter on the head with a coke can outside New Scotland Yard.#JustStopOil #protest #ClimateCrisis pic.twitter.com/NcPUmyjqQ6

— Rich Felgate (@richfelgate) October 14, 2022

“The cost of living crisis is part of the cost of oil crisis. Fuel is unaffordable to millions of cold, hungry families,” the protestor continued. “They can’t even afford to heat a tin of soup.”

The demonstration was briefly interrupted when security guards began to clear out the room, but the artificially pink protestor pressed on.

“Meanwhile, crops are failing, millions of people are dying in monsoons, wild fires and severe droughts,” she concluded. “We cannot afford new oil and gas. It is going to take everything we know and love.”

Police have arrested Just Stop Oil activists who blocked a south London roundabout on their thirteenth day of protests.#TalkTV pic.twitter.com/PR4VxTukGs

— TalkTV (@TalkTV) October 13, 2022

Climate organization Just Stop Oil claimed the stunt was organized to demand that the United Kingdom “halts all new oil and gas projects.”

London’s Metropolitan police reportedly un-glued the protestors and arrested them for criminal damage and aggravated trespass. The $84.2 million portrait was not damaged by the two cans of Heinz Tomato soup, as it is covered with a layer of protected glass, but there was some minor damage to the frame.

🎨 BREAKING: LORA JOHNSON THROWS PAINT ON MET POLICE HQ 🎨

⚖️ New oil and gas will lead to crop failure, food shortages and the collapse of law and order. Human civilisation as we know it is on the verge of collapse.#FreeLouis #FreeJosh #CivilResistance pic.twitter.com/EjeBaI8UcD

— Just Stop Oil ⚖️💀🛢 (@JustStop_Oil) October 14, 2022

The same day, Just Stop Oil activist Lora Johnson went viral for spray painting the New Scotland Yard sign orange at the Met Police headquarters, to protest the arrest of several members of the organization.

“I’m doing this because we live in a country where you’re innocent until proven guilty and yet we are holding innocent protested people in prison,” she shouted. “All they’re doing is standing up to the corrupt government and corporations.”

Big Oil heiress Aileen Getty, granddaughter of the Getty Oil founder, is reportedly funding Just Stop Oil through the Climate Emergency Fund (CEF), the Los Angeles-based organization she began financially supporting when it was founded in 2019.

UNITED KINGDOM, London: 14 October 2022

Furious driver throws can of Coke at head of a Just Stop Oil activist blocking Victoria Embankment #juststopoil #costoflivingcrisis #climatecrisis #climatechange pic.twitter.com/yOJQcmqF8a

— Jamie Lashmar (@jamie_lashmar) October 14, 2022

Just Stop Oil and other similar radical environmental activism organizations received $650,000 from CEF in the early months of 2022. The group is responsible for ongoing protests that have plagued drivers by physically blocking off major roads around the United Kingdom with their bodies.

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