Activists of “Just Stop Oil” glue their arms to the wall after throwing soup at a van Gogh’s portray “Sunflowers” on the National Gallery in London, Britain October 14, 2022.
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The local weather activists who threw soup over Vincent Van Gogh’s well-known “Sunflowers” portray on Saturday appeared in a London courtroom on fees of legal damages, a number of shops reported.
The two ladies have been protesting as a part of the marketing campaign group Just Stop Oil, they usually pleaded not responsible on the Westminster Magistrates’ Court throughout two transient hearings.
After dumping two cans of tomato soup over the Van Gogh oil portray Friday, the protesters additionally glued themselves to the gallery wall. They have been eliminated by specialists and brought into custody, in accordance with the London Metropolitan Police.
A spokesperson for the National Gallery confirmed that there was no harm to the portray, which is likely one of the iconic variations of “Sunflowers” that Van Gogh painted within the late Eighties. It has an estimated worth of $80.99 million.
“There is a few minor harm to the body however the portray is unhurt,” the spokesperson informed CNBC. The portray was lined by glass, and it was cleaned and returned to the National Gallery Friday afternoon.
Just Stop Oil has been protesting in London for the previous two weeks, and the group stated in a press launch that its actions have been “in response to the federal government’s inaction on each the price of dwelling disaster and the local weather disaster.”
“What is price extra, artwork or life? Is it price greater than meals? Worth greater than justice? Are you extra involved concerning the safety of a portray or the safety of our planet and folks?” one activist stated in a video of the occasion.
Just Stop Oil has obtained widespread criticism from environmental teams and politicians from the opposition Labour Party following the protest.