Activists Throw Soup On Van Gogh Painting

Climate activists in London pretended to destroy Van Gogh’s Sunflowers (1888) painting that was behind a pane of glass, throwing soup at it in an attempt to make a point about climate change. Here’s the full context, my thoughts, and reactions.

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Sources:
https://bit.ly/3EHQ5Kt (videos shared by Damien Gayle)
https://bit.ly/3g1UMEx (Tomato soup thrown over Vincent Van Gogh’s famous Sunflowers painting, Metro)
https://cnn.it/3gawyYX (CNN’s coverage)
https://bit.ly/3MuMrpj (Heem reacts)
https://bit.ly/3gaZFvi (Yale polling shows voters want more done about climate change)
https://pewrsr.ch/3CwJ9ND (Two-Thirds of Americans Think Government Should Do More on Climate, Pew Research)
https://bit.ly/3rZwLAV (voters support the Green New Deal, Data for Progress)
https://bit.ly/3MEyTYo (Matt Bors)
https://bit.ly/3MyyUgv (Morgan M Page)
https://bit.ly/3exaIOR (Abi Wilkinson)
https://bit.ly/3EJqMaX (Lauren)
https://bit.ly/3yIKLma (wyntergirl)
https://bit.ly/3S3tDyD (Mary Heglar)
https://bit.ly/3yE8Bje (Max Berger)
https://bit.ly/3Taeflq (Vampires)
https://bit.ly/3D03YTd (Fleeting)