Just Stop Oil activists pressed against the walls of the London gallery after the event.
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Just Stop Oil activists pressed against the walls of the London gallery after the event.
The painting itself was not damaged as it was protected by glass.
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Two environmental activists appeared this Saturday before a British court for having thrown tomato soup on Friday on the painting Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh at the National Gallery in London.
(Read here: Who are the activists who threw soup on a Van Gogh painting)
Anna Holland, 20 years old, and Phoebe Plummer21, pleaded not guilty at their appearance before District Judge Tan Irkam, who released them on bail to await their trial on December 13 in London.
(See also: Video: environmentalists damage Van Gogh’s renowned work by throwing a can of soup at it)
The two young women pleaded not guilty at trial.
The painting itself was not damaged as it was protected by glass.but the frame, which suffered “minor damage”, as announced by the gallery.
The two activists, belonging to the “Just Stop Oil” civil disobedience group, entered the National Gallery and threw two cans of Heinz soup on the canvas, painted in 1888 by the Dutch impressionist master and valued at $84.2 million.
With this action, “Just Stop Oil” sought to demand that the British government stop all new hydrocarbon exploitation projects in the countryas specified by the environmental organization in a statement.
AFP
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