@curtonews Environmental activists throw soup at Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' in London museum. #TikTokNews ♬ original sound – Curto News
In a statement, “Just Stop Oil” said that the objective is to demand that the British government suspend all new hydrocarbon exploration projects in the country. After the action, the two activists knelt in front of the work and glued themselves to the art gallery wall.
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“What’s worth more, art or life? Do you care more about protecting a painting or protecting our planet and people?” said one of the protesters.
Museum security guards arrived shortly afterwards and removed visitors from the premises. Scotland Yard said on Twitter that its officers quickly rushed to the scene and that the young women were “arrested for criminal damage and aggravated trespass”.
New attack
“Girassóis” is the second most famous work by Van Gogh attacked by “Just Stop Oil”. In late June, two activists targeted the 1889 painting “Peach Trees in Bloom” at the Courtauld Gallery in London.
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The British Prime Minister Liz Truss is increasingly questioned by its political, economic and environmental decisions. In addition to allowing this controversial method of extracting fossil fuels, previously banned in the country, Truss announced the increase in licenses for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea, among her measures to combat the energy crisis.
(With AFP)
