Van Gogh

2022 - 10 - 15

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Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh's Sunflowers (The Guardian)

Protesters then glue themselves to wall beneath painting at National Gallery in London.

“We are not trying to make friends here, we are trying to make change, and unfortunately this is the way that change happens.” The picture is one of the most famous images in the world, painted by the Van Gogh when he lived in the south of France. But a witness, who declined to give his name, said he could understand their cause but worried about targeting “a beautiful piece of art, which is the best of humanity”. “But this is not The X Factor,” he added. The gallery has since confirmed the painting was not harmed, saying in a statement that after the protesters threw “what appears to be tomato soup” over the painting, “the room was cleared of visitors and police were called. The protest sparked mixed reactions and plenty of anger.

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Van Gogh landscape coming up for auction should fetch a record ... (Art Newspaper)

The orchard blossom scene, from the collection of Microsoft founder Paul Allen, is being sold by Christie's.

It depicts a line of mourners outside the tower of the old church and the cemetery. Curated by Maria Teresa Benedetti and Francesca Villanti, the show includes 26 paintings and 14 works on paper from the museum in Otterlo, in the east of the Netherlands. While painting on this spot, Van Gogh was for part of the time accompanied by a Danish artist friend, Christian Mourier-Petersen, who was also working in Arles. Now known as the Museum of Pop Culture, this might seem an unusual place for a Van Gogh masterpiece, but the venue had been established by Allen. The orchard scene was purchased by Allen in 1998. On 3 April 1888 he wrote to his brother Theo: “I’m in a fury of work as the trees are in blossom and I wanted to do a Provence orchard of tremendous gaiety.” Embarking on his new life in the south of France, he was full of enthusiasm for what lay ahead. Van Gogh set up his easel a metre or two away for the vertical Pink Peach Trees, slightly changing the angle from which the trunks were painted. A typical example that was in Van Gogh’s print collection was Woman Picking Cherry Blossoms (around 1846) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, one of his favourite artists. Although quickly dropping this idea, he continued to think of the two horizontal canvases as pendants, or a pair. [the estate of Paul Allen,](/2022/08/26/microsoft-mogul-paul-allens-art-collection-heads-to-christies-and-could-be-first-to-hit-dollar1bn) the co-founder of Microsoft along with [Bill Gates](/keywords/bill-gates). The most expensive work by the artist ever sold at auction was Portrait of Dr Paul Gachet (June 1890), which went for $83m, but that was back in 1990—and prices have risen considerably since then.

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Oil protesters arrested after throwing tomato soup at Van Gogh ... (CNBC)

Two activists from campaign group Just Stop Oil have been arrested after throwing tomato soup on Vincent Van Gogh's famous “Sunflowers” painting.

Just Stop Oil have been protesting in the U.K.'s capital for the past two weeks. The issuance of such licenses had previously been put on hold in 2020 as the government said it was establishing a "climate compatibility check." government put an end to all new oil and gas projects in the country. The cost of living crisis is part of the cost of oil crisis, fuel is unaffordable to millions of cold, hungry families. Is it worth more than food? Worth more than justice?

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Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' painting ... (NPR)

LONDON — Climate protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in London's National Gallery on Friday to protest fossil fuel extraction, ...

Several also glued themselves to the road, blocking traffic. The two protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall. The soup splashed across the glass covering the painting and its gilded frame.

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Throwing tomato soup on Van Gogh: Why climate protests are ... (The Washington Post)

Just after 11 a.m. on Friday morning, two young climate protesters entered a room in the National Gallery in London containing one of Vincent van Gogh's ...

It can feel overwhelming facing the impacts of climate change, but there are [ways to cope with climate anxiety](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/climate-change-anxiety-dread-cope/2021/07/14/471eb264-e4d4-11eb-b722-89ea0dde7771_story.html?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_6). As temperatures rise, heat waves are more often sweeping the globe — and parts of the world are [becoming too hot to survive](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/climate-change-humidity/?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_4&itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_3). As seas rise, others are exploring [how to harness marine energy](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2021/cop26-scotland-wave-energy-renewables/?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_14&itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_8). area to push President Biden to declare a “climate emergency.” Another group, known as the Tyre Extinguishers, has been letting the air out of SUV tires across the [United Kingdom](https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dg7qn/who-are-the-tyre-extinguishers) and in [New York](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/27/tire-deflators-suv-new-york-climate-crisis), arguing that the vehicles use more gas and are harmful to pedestrians and cyclists. At least to the activists involved, the fact that the protest had gone viral was probably viewed as a success. [glued themselves](https://twitter.com/UltimaGenerazi1/status/1550481833690890241?s=20&t=UFTmNPnb5LJ5ItK09fxuwQ) to a painting by Sandro Botticelli at the Uffizi museum in Florence. [climbed on the roof](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/17/extinction-rebellion-activists-london-underground) of a commuter train in London, preventing people from getting to work and causing a scuffle between commuters and protesters. Now that attention for that has cooled down, they have moved on to at least the appearance of defacing artworks, in an attempt to attract more eyes. “There is some minor damage to the frame, but the painting is unharmed,” the National Gallery said in a statement. The media gets accustomed to particular types of activism; a march or a sit-in that once commanded attention soon gets written off as old news. But the climate art stunt was still a strange form of protest, one that seemed more likely to alienate people. In July, protesters glued themselves to John Constable’s “The Hay Wain,” also in London’s National Gallery, after pasting their own “apocalyptic” vision of the future over the painting’s surface.

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Climate Activists Throw Tomato Soup on Van Gogh Painting in ... (ARTnews)

Activists with the group Just Stop Oil threw soup on a Vincent van Gogh painting at the National Gallery in London.

Still others raised the possibility that van Gogh was not the right artist to target. [Just Stop Oil](https://www.artnews.com/t/just-stop-oil/), threw tomato soup on van Gogh’s Sunflowers, an important example of the Post-Impressionist’s style and one of the National Gallery’s many treasures. [splashed with slime](https://twitter.com/suchavogue1/status/1580883859432157185) and sardonically [asking what van Gogh did](https://twitter.com/StokeyyG2/status/1580881421102567425) to hurt the climate. They then spread glue across their hands and place them to the wall. We all own that painting.” [said](https://twitter.com/andrewdoyle_com/status/1580872772590239746) the protest “represents a repudiation of civilisation and the achievements of humanity.”

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Climate activists throw soup at Van Gogh's Sunflowers in London (CNA)

LONDON: Environmental protesters threw tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers painting at London's National Gallery on Friday (Oct 14), in the latest ...

The room was cleared of visitors and police were called, it added. Advertisement "Are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people?" The National Gallery said the two protesters "appeared to glue themselves to the wall adjacent to Van Gogh's Sunflowers" and threw a "red substance" at the painting. London's Metropolitan Police said that its officers arrested two protesters from the group for criminal damage and aggravated trespass after they "threw a substance over a painting" at the gallery on Trafalgar Square and glued themselves to a wall just after 11am local time (10am GMT). The gallery said the protesters caused "minor damage to the frame, but the painting is unharmed".

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Oil protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting (BBC News)

Climate activists have thrown tins of what appears to be tomato soup over a Van Gogh painting of sunflowers at the National Gallery in London.

They also threw a red substance - what appears to be tomato soup - over the painting. Are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people?" Is it worth more than food?

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UK police charge two women after soup thrown at van Gogh's ... (CNA)

LONDON: Two women have been charged with criminal damage after climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's painting Sunflowers at London's ...

Police said two women, aged 21 and 20, would appear later at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with "criminal damage to the frame of van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting". The gallery said the incident had caused minor damage to the frame but the painting was unharmed. [threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting Sunflowers](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/climate-activists-throw-soup-van-goghs-sunflowers-london-3008226) at London's National Gallery, British police said on Saturday (Oct 15).

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Activists Arrested After Throwing Tomato Soup at Van Gogh's ... (Bon Appetit)

Two Just Stop Oil protestors threw a can of tomato soup on Van Gogh's “Sunflowers” painting in London's National Gallery. Here's why.

The artwork is glazed, and apart from minor damage to the frame, the painting is allegedly unharmed. “What is worth more, art or life?” said one of the soup activists while stuck to the wall. [Just Stop Oil](https://juststopoil.org/), an organization that seeks to halt oil and gas extraction in Britain, launched glugs of Heinz tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting.

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Just Stop Oil protesters charged after throwing soup over Van Gogh ... (The Guardian)

Two women are to appear in court charged with criminal damage to frame of Sunflowers at London's National Gallery.

The action is expected to last for more than a month. Lora Johnson, 38, of Reydon, Suffolk, also appeared in court on Saturday charged with criminal damage to the main sign outside New Scotland Yard. Two women have appeared in court charged with criminal damage to the frame of Vincent van Gogh’s painting Sunflowers.

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Three Climate Activists Appear in Court After Soup Thrown Over Van ... (Bloomberg)

Three Just Stop Oil climate activists have appeared in court over protests - which included soup being thrown over Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting.

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Activists in UK court after soup thrown at Van Gogh picture (The Seattle Times)

Three climate activists appeared in a London court on charges of criminal damage after protests including throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh's “Sunflowers” ...

The two protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall. The three women pleaded not guilty to criminal damage at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court during two brief hearings Saturday. Just Stop Oil has drawn attention, and criticism, for targeting artworks in museums.

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Oil protesters appear in court after throwing soup at Van Gogh painting (CNBC)

The climate activists who threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's famous "Sunflowers" painting appeared in a court in London on charges of criminal damages.

The painting was covered by glass, and it was cleaned and returned to the National Gallery Friday afternoon. They were removed by specialists and taken into custody, according to the London Metropolitan Police. It has an estimated value of $80.99 million.

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Activists in UK court after soup thrown at Van Gogh picture (The Washington Post)

Three climate activists appeared in a London court on charges of criminal damage after protests including throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh's “Sunflowers” ...

[Prime Minister Liz Truss](https://apnews.com/hub/liz-truss) ‘ Conservative government opened a new licensing round for oil and gas operations in the North Sea and [reversed a 2019 ban on fracking](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-entertainment-england-hydraulic-fracturing-liz-truss-8dbb0fbc0fa6dbf85e979043bfd7b32a) in England. government](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-boris-johnson-climate-and-environment-government-politics-9aa9651b8ace23c992bfbf2599e9f80d) was undermining the fight against climate change. Some demonstrators glued themselves to the road surface. Just Stop Oil has drawn attention, and criticism, for their disruptive tactics, including targeting artworks in museums. The two protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall. On Saturday, police arrested a further 26 people after Just Stop Oil protesters blocked a major road in east London.

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UK police charge two women after soup thrown at van Gogh's ... (Reuters)

Two women have been charged with criminal damage after climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers" at London's ...

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UK Climate Activists In Court Over Van Gogh Protest (Barron's)

Two environmental protesters appeared in a UK court Saturday after throwing tomato soup over one of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings at London's ...

In the same London court Saturday, Lora Johnson, 38, pleaded not guilty to criminal damage after allegedly spraying orange paint on the New Scotland Yard sign, as others blocked the road outside. The painting itself was protected by a screen but damage was caused to the frame, according to the gallery in Trafalgar Square. After attacking the van Gogh painting, Just Stop Oil climate activists Anna Holland, 20, and Phoebe Plummer, 21, both pleaded not guilty in the London court to criminal damage.

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Behind the Art: Why are Vincent van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' so famous ... (The Indian Express)

Vincent van Gogh was not the first artist to paint still-life flowers and he certainly did not invent sunflowers. He did things so differently that it ...

Known as a very gloomy and mentally disturbed person, [ Van Gogh ](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/behind-the-art-cafe-terrace-at-night-1888-by-vincent-van-gogh-7916137/)was truly overjoyed by the sunflowers as they gave him hope for a better life. Another fact of the painting highlights how unstable the frame of mind of Van Gogh was before he cut off his ear: In Arles, Vincent rented quarters in what he called the Yellow House and furnished a room to accommodate Gauguin. [artwork](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/van-gogh-final-work-6529060/) represents the heart and soul of the artist. He hung the first two paintings in his friend’s room, the painter Paul Gauguin, who came to live with him for a while in the Yellow House. In their various stages of decay, these flowers also remind people of the cycle of life and death. Most of his masterpieces were made when he was going through psychosis in the mental asylum but sunflowers signified something else entirely for him. This way he showed the world that it was possible to paint something with numerous variations of a single colour, without any loss of articulateness. [Vincent van Gogh](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/behind-the-art-why-is-the-starry-night-by-vincent-van-gogh-so-iconic-8005662/) once hoped to sell this for a mere $125 when he was alive. [Van Gogh](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/behind-the-art-portrait-of-dr-gachet-by-van-gogh-1890-8088350/) started his series of Sunflowers on Monday 20 August 1888 and finished on Friday. Van Gogh was not the first artist to paint still-life flowers and he certainly did not invent sunflowers. Vincent van Gogh, the infamous Dutch painter was nothing short of a genius. Vincent wanted to be known as the painter of sunflowers and it is this passion that led him to make five different versions of sunflowers in a vase.

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Two women charged after Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at ... (ABC News)

Two women have been charged with criminal damage after climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers painting, police say.

The gallery said the incident had caused minor damage to the frame but the painting was unharmed. - The National Gallery says there was minor damage to the frame, but the painting was unharmed - Police charge climate activists with "criminal damage" to Vincent van Gogh painting

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