Two protesters arrested after throwing soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Two Just Stop Oil protesters threw soup at the Van Gogh artwork Sunflowers (Just Stop Oil/PA)

Fri, 14 Oct, 2022 - 13:24

Genevieve Holl-Allen, PA

Two Just Stop Oil supporters have been arrested after throwing tinned soup at one of Vincent van Gogh’s most famous paintings to protest against fossil fuels.

The protesters, wearing Just Stop Oil T-shirts, threw two tins of Heinz Tomato soup over the 1888 work Sunflowers shortly after 11am on Friday, before kneeling down in front of the painting and appearing to glue their hands to the wall beneath it.