Vincent Van Gogh

Climate protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in London's National Gallery to protest fossil fuel extraction, but caused no damage to the glass-covered painting. The group Just Stop Oil, which wants the British government to halt new oil and gas projects, said activists on Friday dumped two cans of tomato soup over the oil painting, one of the Dutch artist's most iconic works. The two protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall. The soup splashed across the glass covering the painting and its gilded frame. The gallery said, "There is some minor damage to the frame but the painting is unharmed." It was cleaned and returned to its place in the gallery on Friday afternoon. The work is one of several versions of "Sunflowers" that Van Gogh painted in the late 1880s. London's Metropolitan Police said officers arrested two people on suspicion of criminal damage and aggravated trespass. "Specialist officers have now un-glued them and they have been taken into

The activists, who are a part of a group called "Just Stop Oil" wants the British government to halt new oil and gas projects

The owner, who is remaining anonymous, asked the mu­seum to determine if the un­signed drawing is by Van Gogh

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