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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Tom Ambrose

Three Just Stop Oil activists charged after soup thrown at Van Gogh paintings

One of two Vincent van Gogh paintings after Just Stop Oil activists poured soup over them.
One of two Vincent van Gogh paintings after Just Stop Oil activists poured soup over them. The paintings were unharmed. Photograph: Just Stop Oil/PA

Three protesters have been charged with criminal damage and will appear in court after soup was thrown at two Vincent van Gogh paintings on Friday.

Just Stop Oil activists poured soup over two paintings in the National Gallery, London, just hours after other members of the group were jailed for damaging the gold frame of the artist’s Sunflowers painting.

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