Van Goghs attacked again in London
Protesters hold placards as they demonstrate outside of Southwark Crown Court, on the day of the sentencing of Anna Holland and Phoebe Plummer, who were both convicted of criminal damage for throwing tins of Heinz tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting in London's National Gallery in 2022, in London, Britain, September 27, 2024. Photo REUTERS
Three Just Stop Oil activists threw soup at two of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings in London's National Gallery on Friday, just hours after two other members of the protest group were jailed for doing the same thing in 2022.
The activists threw tomato soup at the "Sunflowers" owned by the London Gallery – the painting targeted two years ago – and another from the series that is on loan from Philadelphia Museum of Art for a temporary exhibition.
The National Gallery said three people had been arrested and the paintings were unharmed. Activists from Just Stop Oil have staged a number of eye-catching protests in recent years and five members of the group were jailed in July for at least four years.