Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers after fellow protesters jailed
www.theguardian.com
Three individuals targeted National Gallery paintings an hour after Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland were jailed for similar attack in 2022

This was the one soup-throwing which did any damage at all; in this case to the frame.

The penalty is appreciably worse than for minor violent attacks.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    73·
    2 months ago

    Who gives a fuck about “disapproval?” “Disapproval” is entirely irrelevant

    If you’re trying to affect public opinion, it’s extremely relevant.

    Change like this happens because the protestors have caused enough disruption to force the Powers that Be to capitulate.

    Throwing soup on art. Listen to yourself. The Powers that Be are not affected one iota. In fact, as the study above has made clear, these twits have helped them.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      46·
      2 months ago

      If you’re trying to affect public opinion,

      Yeah, and they’re not.

      Throwing soup on art.

      They did no such thing! They threw soup on glass, harmlessly.

      Why are you lying about both their motives and their actions?