LONDON — Environment dissidents tossed soup over Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in London’s Public Display on Friday to fight petroleum derivative extraction, yet made no harm to the glass-shrouded painting.
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The gathering Stop Oil, which believes that the English government should end new oil and gas projects, said activists unloaded two jars of tomato soup over the oil painting, one of the Dutch craftsman’s most notorious works. The two nonconformists likewise stuck themselves to the display wall.
The soup sprinkled across the glass covering the work of art and its overlaid outline. The display said, “there is minor harm to the casing however the work of art is safe.” It was cleaned and gotten back to its position in the exhibition on Friday evening.
The work is one of a few variants of “Sunflowers” that Van Gogh painted in the last part of the 1880s.
London’s Metropolitan Police said officials captured two individuals on doubt of criminal harm and bothered trespass.
“Expert officials have now un-stuck them and they have been arrested to a focal London police headquarters,” the power said in an explanation.
A gathering of dissidents from a similar gathering later assembled at a police base camp and splashed yellow paint over the turning “New Scotland Yard” sign before it. A few likewise stuck themselves to the street, impeding traffic. Police said 24 individuals were captured.
Stop Oil has drawn consideration, and analysis, for focusing on craftsmanships in historical centers. In July, Stop Oil activists stuck themselves to the casing of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Dinner” at London’s Illustrious Foundation of Expressions, and John Constable’s “The Roughage Wagon” in the Public Exhibition.
Activists have likewise obstructed scaffolds and crossing points across London during about fourteen days of fights.
The rush of shows comes as the English government opens a new permitting round for North Ocean oil and gas investigation, regardless of analysis from earthy people and researchers who say the move sabotages the country’s obligation to battle environmental change.
