Environmental activists deface Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" with tomato soup.
Two days ago, a pair of activists from the "Just Stop Oil" campaign group threw the contents of a tomato soup tin on Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting, displayed at the National Gallery in London. They then proceeded to glue themselves to the wall and delivered a short statement highlighted by the words: “What is worth more, art or life? Are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people?” . The painting didn't suffer any damage as it was protected by a glass pane. At the time of writing the original video circulating Twitter has gathered over 50 million views and numerous prominent news outlets have covered the story. The protest has sparked outrage on social media where most people ridiculed the activists, and some even advocated for jailing them. I think the idea behind the protest was brilliant and brought about the desired effect. It didn't inconvenience or endanger anyone as many 'rad...