"Art or life?" Climate protesters douse Vincent van Gogh painting with tomato soup

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“What is worth more, art or life?” asked one of two climate protesters who threw tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh‘s "Sunflowers" painting at the National Gallery in London, England, on Friday.

The young activists from Just Stop Oil, a U.K.-based climate campaign group, threw the canned soup over the painting, which is protected by glass, and glued their hands to the wall underneath the iconic artwork.

Spectators in the room were audibly shocked by the display, with some in the gallery calling for security. As one held the empty can of soup in her hand, the other questioned if the van Gogh painting is “worth more than food? More than justice?”

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