Van Gogh

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?

The orchard blossom scene, from the collection of Microsoft founder Paul Allen, is being sold by Christie's.

It depicts a line of mourners outside the tower of the old church and the cemetery. Curated by Maria Teresa Benedetti and Francesca Villanti, the show includes 26 paintings and 14 works on paper from the museum in Otterlo, in the east of the Netherlands. While painting on this spot, Van Gogh was for part of the time accompanied by a Danish artist friend, Christian Mourier-Petersen, who was also working in Arles. Now known as the Museum of Pop Culture, this might seem an unusual place for a Van Gogh masterpiece, but the venue had been established by Allen. The orchard scene was purchased by Allen in 1998. On 3 April 1888 he wrote to his brother Theo: “I’m in a fury of work as the trees are in blossom and I wanted to do a Provence orchard of tremendous gaiety.” Embarking on his new life in the south of France, he was full of enthusiasm for what lay ahead. Van Gogh set up his easel a metre or two away for the vertical Pink Peach Trees, slightly changing the angle from which the trunks were painted. A typical example that was in Van Gogh’s print collection was Woman Picking Cherry Blossoms (around 1846) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, one of his favourite artists. Although quickly dropping this idea, he continued to think of the two horizontal canvases as pendants, or a pair. [the estate of Paul Allen,](/2022/08/26/microsoft-mogul-paul-allens-art-collection-heads-to-christies-and-could-be-first-to-hit-dollar1bn) the co-founder of Microsoft along with [Bill Gates](/keywords/bill-gates). The most expensive work by the artist ever sold at auction was Portrait of Dr Paul Gachet (June 1890), which went for $83m, but that was back in 1990—and prices have risen considerably since then.

De la soupe à la tomate a été jetée sur le chef-d'œuvre de Van Gogh les « Tournesols » à la National Gallery de Londres, vendredi 14 octobre, ...

Un homme de 36 ans avait exhorté les visiteurs à « penser à la planète » en jetant une tarte à la crème sur le tableau placé derrière un verre blindé. Fin juillet, à Florence, deux activistes du collectif militant italien « Ultima Generazione » (Dernière génération) ont collé leur main sur le tableau « Le Printemps », du peintre Sandro Botticelli, exposé à la galerie des Offices. « La Charrette de foin » de John Constable et « La Cène de Giampetrino » (une œuvre datant 1520) exposée à la Royal Academy de Londres avaient eux aussi été visées.

There was no damage to the painting as it is covered by glass, gallery says. Protesters throw soup onto Van Gogh painting.

It is not known if the activists plan to throw sunflowers at Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s “Soup Cans” work of art. [according to the gallery](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63254878), which also said the activists had been arrested. In the video, one of the activists said the “cost of living crisis is part of the cost of oil crisis” and that some people cannot even afford to heat a tin of soup.

The young activists from Just Stop Oil, a U.K.-based climate campaign group, threw canned soup over the painting and glued their hands to the wall ...

They covered the painting from 1821 with a barren reimagining of the landscape. “They can’t even afford to heat a tin of soup.” Fuel is unaffordable to millions of cold, hungry families,” she continued. Spectators in the room were audibly shocked by the display, with some in the gallery calling for security. More than justice?” [before the protest](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/14/just-stop-oil-activists-throw-soup-at-van-goghs-sunflowers), The Guardian reported.

Des images d'activistes ayant aspergé de soupe à la tomate une célèbre toile de l'artiste Vincent Van Gogh ont fait le tour de la planète.

Vous avez vraiment fait un pied de nez aux pétrolières, les amis, a ironisé un internaute sous la publication de Just Stop Oil. Plus que la justice? Détruire une œuvre d'art créée par un homme qui vivait dans la pauvreté, exposée dans un musée accessible aux familles de la classe ouvrière, à l'aide d'une boîte de soupe qui aurait pu être donnée à une banque alimentaire. Plus que la nourriture? Est-ce que l'art vaut plus que la vie? Or, l'œuvre elle-même n'a pas été endommagée, confirme le musée qui l'exposait.

Just Stop Oil activists threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's “Sunflowers” in London's National Gallery on Friday, to protest fossil fuel extraction.

Just Stop Oil has drawn attention, and criticism, for targeting artworks in museums. The soup splashed across the glass covering the painting and its gilded frame. The two protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall.

Climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's painting “Sunflowers” at London's National Gallery on Friday, causing minor damage to the.

“It is the painting that is most often reproduced on cards, posters, mugs, tea-towels and stationery. It was also the picture that Van Gogh was most proud of,” the gallery says on its website. “There is some minor damage to the frame but the painting is unharmed,” the gallery said in a statement. The National Gallery, which says it houses one of the greatest collections of paintings in the world, said the ‘Sunflowers,’ which dates to 1888, was one of its most popular. But more than that - it represents a repudiation of civilisation and the achievements of humanity. Climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Sunflowers” at London’s National Gallery on Friday, causing minor damage to the frame.

Two activists attacked the famous painting at the National Gallery, in London.

[works including Rubens’s “Massacre of the Innocents,”](https://www.dw.com/en/climate-activists-damage-frame-of-a-rubens-painting-in-munich/a-62927968) which hangs in the Alte Pinakothek, in Munich. Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” had nothing to do with climate change, she said. And Just Stop Oil planned further actions, she added. It is one of six surviving images of sunflowers that van Gogh made in 1888 and 1889. Within minutes, the stunt grabbed attention worldwide, and many social media users expressed concern for the painting’s condition. [Just Stop Oil](https://juststopoil.org/), a group that seeks to stop oil and gas extraction in Britain, entered room 43 of the National Gallery in London, opened two tins of Heinz cream of tomato soup, and threw them at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers,” one of the treasures of the museum’s collection.

Two activists from campaign group Just Stop Oil have been arrested after throwing tomato soup on Vincent Van Gogh's famous “Sunflowers” painting.

Just Stop Oil have been protesting in the U.K.'s capital for the past two weeks. The issuance of such licenses had previously been put on hold in 2020 as the government said it was establishing a "climate compatibility check." government put an end to all new oil and gas projects in the country. The cost of living crisis is part of the cost of oil crisis, fuel is unaffordable to millions of cold, hungry families. Is it worth more than food? Worth more than justice?

Climate protesters threw soup on Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers in London's National Gallery on Friday to protest fossil fuel extraction, but caused no ...

The group has drawn attention, and criticism, for targeting artworks in museums. The soup splashed across the glass covering the painting and its gilded frame. The two protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall.

LONDRES — Des manifestants pour le climat ont jeté de la soupe sur «Les Tournesols», de Vincent van Gogh, à la National Gallery de Londres ,vendredi, ...

Le groupe a attiré l’attention et la critique pour avoir ciblé les œuvres d’art dans les musées. Les militants ont également bloqué des ponts et des intersections à travers Londres pendant deux semaines de manifestations. En juillet, les militants de Just Stop Oil se sont collés au cadre de «La Cène», de Léonard de Vinci à la Royal Academy of Arts de Londres et à celui de «La Charette de foin», de John Constable à la National Gallery.

Deux militantes écologistes ont jeté vendredi de la soupe à la tomate sur le chef-d'oeuvre de Van Gogh les Tournesols à la National Gallery à Londres, ...

«On ne peut pas se permettre de nouveaux projets pétroliers et gaziers», ils vont «tout emporter». Vingt-quatre personnes ont été interpellées selon la police. Il était de nouveau exposé vendredi en fin d’après-midi, a indiqué le musée.

Vincent Van Gogh, Sunflowers (1888) at the National Gallery, London. Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images. Two climate activists from the group Just Stop ...

[Artnet News](https://www.facebook.com/artnet)on Facebook: [Want to stay ahead of the art world? “What use is art when we face the collapse of civil society?” Just Stop Oil posted on Twitter around the time of today’s action. Because the demonstrators never affix themselves to the works directly (opting for a frame, glass covering, or base), experts According to the museum, it caused only minor damage to the frame of the painting, which was protected by glass and is unharmed. They can’t even afford to heat a tin of soup.” “Fuel is unaffordable to millions of cold, hungry families.

LONDON — Climate protesters threw soup over 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.

Des manifestants pour le climat ont jeté de la soupe sur la toile Les Tournesols, de Vincent van Gogh, à la National Gallery de Londres, vendredi, ...

Les militants ont également bloqué des ponts et des intersections à travers Londres pendant deux semaines de manifestations. Le groupe a attiré l’attention et la critique pour avoir ciblé les oeuvres d’art dans les musées. En juillet, les militants de Just Stop Oil se sont collés au cadre de La Cène, de Léonard de Vinci, à la Royal Academy of Arts de Londres et à celui de La Charette de foin, de John Constable, à la National Gallery.

Just after 11 a.m. on Friday morning, two young climate protesters entered a room in the National Gallery in London containing one of Vincent van Gogh's ...

It can feel overwhelming facing the impacts of climate change, but there are [ways to cope with climate anxiety](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/climate-change-anxiety-dread-cope/2021/07/14/471eb264-e4d4-11eb-b722-89ea0dde7771_story.html?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_6). As temperatures rise, heat waves are more often sweeping the globe — and parts of the world are [becoming too hot to survive](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/climate-change-humidity/?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_4&itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_3). As seas rise, others are exploring [how to harness marine energy](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2021/cop26-scotland-wave-energy-renewables/?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_14&itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_8). area to push President Biden to declare a “climate emergency.” Another group, known as the Tyre Extinguishers, has been letting the air out of SUV tires across the [United Kingdom](https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dg7qn/who-are-the-tyre-extinguishers) and in [New York](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/27/tire-deflators-suv-new-york-climate-crisis), arguing that the vehicles use more gas and are harmful to pedestrians and cyclists. At least to the activists involved, the fact that the protest had gone viral was probably viewed as a success. [glued themselves](https://twitter.com/UltimaGenerazi1/status/1550481833690890241?s=20&t=UFTmNPnb5LJ5ItK09fxuwQ) to a painting by Sandro Botticelli at the Uffizi museum in Florence. [climbed on the roof](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/17/extinction-rebellion-activists-london-underground) of a commuter train in London, preventing people from getting to work and causing a scuffle between commuters and protesters. Now that attention for that has cooled down, they have moved on to at least the appearance of defacing artworks, in an attempt to attract more eyes. “There is some minor damage to the frame, but the painting is unharmed,” the National Gallery said in a statement. The media gets accustomed to particular types of activism; a march or a sit-in that once commanded attention soon gets written off as old news. But the climate art stunt was still a strange form of protest, one that seemed more likely to alienate people. In July, protesters glued themselves to John Constable’s “The Hay Wain,” also in London’s National Gallery, after pasting their own “apocalyptic” vision of the future over the painting’s surface.

Deux militantes écologistes ont jeté vendredi de la soupe à la tomate sur le chef-d'oeuvre de Van Gogh les Tournesols à la National Gallery à Londres, ...

«On ne peut pas se permettre de nouveaux projets pétroliers et gaziers», ils vont «tout emporter». Vingt-quatre personnes ont été interpellées selon la police. Il était de nouveau exposé vendredi en fin d’après-midi, a indiqué le musée.

Activists with the group Just Stop Oil threw soup on a Vincent van Gogh painting at the National Gallery in London.

Still others raised the possibility that van Gogh was not the right artist to target. [Just Stop Oil](https://www.artnews.com/t/just-stop-oil/), threw tomato soup on van Gogh’s Sunflowers, an important example of the Post-Impressionist’s style and one of the National Gallery’s many treasures. [splashed with slime](https://twitter.com/suchavogue1/status/1580883859432157185) and sardonically [asking what van Gogh did](https://twitter.com/StokeyyG2/status/1580881421102567425) to hurt the climate. They then spread glue across their hands and place them to the wall. We all own that painting.” [said](https://twitter.com/andrewdoyle_com/status/1580872772590239746) the protest “represents a repudiation of civilisation and the achievements of humanity.”

Des militantes écologistes du mouvement Just Stop Oil ont jeté vendredi de la soupe à la tomate sur le chef-d'oeuvre de Van Gogh les «Tournesols», ...

«On ne peut pas se permettre de nouveaux projets pétroliers et gaziers», ils vont «tout emporter». Vingt-quatre personnes ont été interpellées, selon la police. Elles ont été arrêtées, notamment pour «dégradations».

Just Stop Oil activists threw tomato soup on the famous painting at the National Gallery in London on Friday morning.

“What is worth more, art or life? They can’t even afford to heat a tin of soup,” added Plummer. More than justice? “Is it worth more than food? [October 14, 2022] Are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people?”

Protesters threw tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh's iconic 1888 "Sunflowers" painting in London's National Gallery. How conservators handled it.

“They wouldn’t replace the frame,” Stavroudis says. The Van Gogh “Sunflowers” frame is probably made of wood under its gold and protective coatings, Stavroudis says. Hot could seep in faster and disrupt the ground layer, the layer the paint is attached to.” “If it were really hot it would cause the canvas to shrink locally and cause the paint to bubble up somewhat. It was also unheated, which is less dangerous to the canvas. “It’s water based, the soup, so [if on the canvas] it would have been removed quickly.”

Two Just Stop Oil protestors threw a can of tomato soup on Van Gogh's “Sunflowers” painting in London's National Gallery. Here's why.

The artwork is glazed, and apart from minor damage to the frame, the painting is allegedly unharmed. “What is worth more, art or life?” said one of the soup activists while stuck to the wall. [Just Stop Oil](https://juststopoil.org/), an organization that seeks to halt oil and gas extraction in Britain, launched glugs of Heinz tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting.

Is the desecration of a painting worse than the wilful destruction of the planet? This is the question that climate activists hoped to spark Friday by ...

Can money buy you happiness? Though plenty of Canadians remember living through a recession or two, for millions of others it will be the first major downturn in their adult lives. He was 72. CTVNews.ca speaks with a stargazing expert on how best to see the planet-moon pairing. A B.C. This is the question that climate activists hoped to spark Friday by throwing soup on a Vincent Van Gogh painting. 2 hr ago “Many criticize our actions because 'we should leave museums in peace,'” the organization tweeted. But just this month, the U.K. We’ve already seen increased extreme weather, spurred on by climate change, lead to the destruction of natural landmarks and threaten cultural centres such as art galleries in the last decade. In June, Just Stop Oil activists glued themselves to the frames of several paintings, including ones by Van Gogh and JMW Turner. following the announcement that the government is green lighting new licenses for oil exploration, despite dire warnings from experts that to enter into new oil projects is tantamount to an attack on humanity.

Des militants écologistes du mouvement Just Stop Oil ont jeté vendredi de la soupe à la tomate sur le chef-d'œuvre de Van Gogh les Tournesols, exposé à la ...

Le musée a indiqué dans un communiqué que deux personnes ont « semblé se coller au mur adjacent aux Tournesols de Van Gogh (1888) » et ont également « jeté une substance rouge — qui semble être de la soupe à la tomate — sur le tableau ». « On ne peut pas se permettre de nouveaux projets pétroliers et gaziers », ils vont « tout emporter ». Elles ont été arrêtées notamment pour « dégradations ».

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.

LONDON (AP) — Three climate activists appeared in a London court on Saturday on charges of criminal damage after protests including throwing soup over ...

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

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

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. [climate change](https://globalnews.ca/tag/climate-change) protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Sunflowers” at London’s National Gallery, British police said on Saturday.

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.

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

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