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‘More bodyguards than Frank Sinatra’: When Blue Poles first toured, it was met with street protests. Now it’s crossing Australia

Bought by the then Australian prime minister, Gough Whitlam, for the yet-to-be-built National Gallery in Canberra, Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles sparked one of Australia’s most enduring culture wars

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JSO supporters caused £6,445 of damage in National Gallery protest, court told

Harrison Donnelly, 20, and Hanan Ameur, 22, pleaded not guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to causing criminal damage.

The Independent UK

Maya Jama, Celeste and Felicity Jones among stars at National Gallery’s dreamy summer party

Forget the Met Gala, have you ever heard of the Nat Gala? Here’s what went down at the National Gallery’s uber chic summer party

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Why food is such a powerful symbol in political protest

Food is a hot issue in today’s activism. Last year, UK climate group Just Stop Oil hurled tomato soup at Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London. Later they smeared cake on a Madame Tussauds waxwork of King Charles. Protesters affiliated with the German group Letzte Generation…

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Canberra's choice at ACT Volunteering awards rises above

Volunteering ACT acting CEO Susan Helyar said the event, in the Gandel Hall at the National Gallery, was also a chance to treat volunteers after a couple of tough years working in the face of bushfires and COVID.

The Canberra Times

Just Stop Oil climate protesters guilty of criminal damage to John Constable masterpiece at National Gallery

The pair taped posters to The Hay Wain and glued themselves to its frame

Evening Standard

National Gallery entrance revamp row recalls King Charles’ ‘carbuncle’

Architects’ society forced to defend scheme to remodel entrance from ‘unjustified’ criticism

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Art attack: can vandalism be justified to save the planet?

Letters: Readers on the protest by Just Stop Oil activists who threw soup at a Van Gogh painting in the National Gallery

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Just Stop Oil: do radical protests turn the public away from a cause? Here's the evidence

Members of the protest group Just Stop Oil recently threw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in the National Gallery in London. The action once again triggered debate about what kinds of protest are most effective.

The Conversation

Three arguments why Just Stop Oil was right to target Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Waves of controversy were sparked recently when the Just Stop Oil activists threw tomato soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London. Although the painting was behind glass so not damaged, politicians were quick to condemn their “attention-seeking” vandalism while media commentators proclaimed that the act had…

The Conversation

What is Just Stop Oil and why are activists protesting in London?

Environmental activists known as the Just Stop Oil organisation have staged several protests over the past year, including the recent Van Gogh protest at the National Gallery

Daily Mirror

Activists in UK court after soup thrown at Van Gogh picture

Three climate activists appeared in a London court on charges of criminal damage after protests including throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting in the National Gallery

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Pair in court accused of criminal damage to frame of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Two tins of Heinz tomato soup were thrown over the artwork at London’s National Gallery on Friday.

The Independent UK

Van Gogh soup stunt sparks criticism

"The piece is fine. But the damage to the spirit of it isn't," said one writer. "Ignorance wins."

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UK Police Charge Two Women after Soup Thrown at Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’

Two women have been charged with criminal damage after climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting "Sunflowers" at London's National Gallery, British police said on Saturday. A video posted by the Just Stop Oil campaign group, which has been holding protests for the last two weeks in…

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UK police charge two women after soup thrown at van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'

The Guardian - UK

‘It was terrifying’: Stop Oil activists on the new battle against fossil fuel

An end to new oil and gas projects remains a key demand, but protesters now want taxes on big polluters and basic energy for all

France 24

Climate activists target art: Van Gogh’s masterpiece “Sunflowers” defaced

Environmental protesters threw tomato soup over one of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings at London's National Gallery on Friday, in the latest "direct-action" stunt targeting works of art.

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Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' painting in London

Members of a group that wants to halt new oil and gas projects threw soup over the masterpiece in London's National Gallery, but caused no discernible damage to the glass-covered painting.

Al Jazeera

Environmental activists throw soup over van Gogh’s Sunflowers

London’s National Gallery says action caused ‘some minor damage to the frame but the painting is unharmed’.

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil’s attacks on art risk becoming a cliché

Though there is situationist wit in throwing soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, the protest is more likely to provoke eye-rolls than action

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

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

Daily Record

Just Stop Oil activists throw soup over £76m Sunflowers painting by Van Gogh

The activists threw a tin of Heinz Tomato Soup over Vincent Van Gough's iconic Sunflowers painting as part of a sustained campaign to get the UK Government to stop all new oil and gas projects.

The Independent UK

Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'

Climate protesters have thrown soup over Vincent Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in London’s National Gallery to protest fossil fuel extraction

The Independent UK

Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: The story behind the artist’s 1888 masterpiece

Protestors threw soup at the artwork in London’s National Gallery this week

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