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Jessica Corbett

FOUND: Van gogh soup stunt sparks criticism - You Need To See This

Climate protesters hold a demonstration as they throw cans of tomato soup at Van Gogh's Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London, United Kingdom on October 14, 2022. (Just Stop Oil / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A pair of climate activists tossed a couple of cans of tomato soup on one of Vincent van Gogh's famous glass-protected paintings at a London museum on Friday, renewing a debate about the effectiveness of some of their group's strategies.

Phoebe Plummer, 21, and Anna Holland, 20—who glued their hands to the National Gallery wall after dousing the $84.2 million "Sunflowers" in soup—wore Just Stop Oil (JSO) T-shirts. The U.K.-based group shared footage of the action and their motivations on social media.

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