The 1888 masterpiece, painted in Arles in the south of France, was not damaged in the 2022 attack as it was covered by protective glass
Two protesters who have thrown tinned soup at Vincent Van Gogh 's famous 1888 work Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London, on Oct. 14, 2022.Two British climate activists were sentenced on Friday for throwing tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s “ Sunflowers ” two years ago, nearly destroying one of the great masterpieces at London’s National Gallery.
Over the past few years, the group has been behind a series of high-profile stunts, including at major sporting events and on Britain’s transport networks. The attack on “Sunflowers” was the second artwork at the National Gallery targeted in 2022, after two Just Stop Oil activists glued themselves to John Constable’s “The Hay Wain.”
In sentencing the two activists Friday, Judge Christopher Hehir said the artwork could have been “seriously damaged or even destroyed.” “It is not just myself being sentenced today, or my co-defendants, but the foundations of democracy itself,” she said.
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