Fossil fuel protesters throw tomato soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' in London gallery

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Credit: from Just Stop OilFossil fuel protesters throw tomato soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' in London galleryAnti-fossil fuel protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's famous 1888 painting "Sunflowers" at London's National Gallery on Friday.Two young women from the campaign group Just Stop Oil threw the contents of two tins of Heinz tomato soup over the painting, which, the group said, has an estimated value of $84.2 million.London's Metropolitan Police confirmed they were responding to the incident and that the protesters had been arrested on suspicion of "criminal damage and aggravated trespass."The same month, activists from the group glued themselves to a masterpiece held in the National Gallery, while members of an Italian climate activist organization glued themselves to Botticelli's "Primavera" in Florence.On Sunday, climate activists from Extinction Rebellion were arrested for gluing themselves to Picasso's "Massacre in Korea" at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne."

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