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Halisia Hubbard

Who is Just Stop Oil, the group that threw soup on Van Gogh's painting?

Activists threw soup at a Van Gogh painting in London. They were protesting new oil and gas production. (Just Stop Oil)

The climate activists of Just Stop Oil have gained visibility since their Friday demonstration in which protesters threw Heinz tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers painting at London's National Gallery. On Saturday, the pair were joined in court by another Just Stop Oil supporter who had doused a Scotland Yard sign in yellow paint.

Members of the U.K.-based group have previously gained attention for gluing themselves to paintings at art galleries and blocking roads and even racetracks.

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