Van Gogh Sunflower painting

2022 - 10 - 14

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Oil protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting (BBC News)

Climate activists have thrown tins of what appears to be tomato soup over a Van Gogh painting of sunflowers at the National Gallery in London.

They also threw a red substance - what appears to be tomato soup - over the painting. Are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people?" Is it worth more than food?

Where is the Van Gogh sunflower painting and why was it attacked? (Evening Standard)

Activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland then glued themselves to the art-gallery wall next to the vandalised Sunflowers, by Vincent Van Gogh, one of 11 ...

Is it worth more than food? Activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland then glued themselves to the art-gallery wall next to the vandalised Sunflowers, by Vincent Van Gogh, one of 11 paintings of sunflowers which took two years to paint, in 1888 and ’89. Worth more than justice? But where is the painting based and is it indefinitely ruined? A protester shouted: “What is worth more? Where is the Van Gogh sunflower painting and why was it attacked?

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.

UK: Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' (ABC News)

Climate protesters have thrown soup over Vincent Van Gogh's “Sunflowers” in London's National Gallery to protest fossil fuel extraction.

University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann said he worries that the vandalism “alienates many people we need to bring into the fold. The two protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall. Several also glued themselves to the road, blocking traffic.

Just Stop Oil protestors throw soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers ... (Euronews)

Just Stop Oil climate activists have thrown soup at a Van Gogh painting at the National Gallery in their latest demonstration.

"The cost of living crisis is part of the cost of oil crisis.The cost of living crisis is part of cost of oil crisis. Or the protection of our planet and people?," they added. ""Are you more concerned about the protection of a painting?

Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting value explained as Just Stop Oil ... (HITC)

Just Stop Oil protesters have thrown tomato soup at Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers at the National Gallery but what is the painting's value?

They also threw a red substance – what appears to be tomato soup – over the painting.” ‘The sunflower is mine’, the artist said once. The Dutch artist On Friday (October 14, 2022), Just Stop Oil protesters threw tomato soup at the Sunflowers painting displayed at the National Gallery. The Sunflowers painting displayed at the National Gallery is one of five versions on display in museums and galleries across the globe. The painting is displayed at the National Gallery in central London after it was acquired in 1924 by the institution with the support of the Courtauld Fund.