The Latest Breaking News from John Constable

Climate protesters caused damage worth over £1,000 to Constable’s The Hay Wain

Hunt and Lazarus will argue that Articles 10 and 11 under the European Convention of Human Rights give lawful excuse for their actions.

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

Hampstead Heath pond painted by John Constable to be restored after 140 years

Branch Hill Pond will once again be a hotbed for wildlife in north London

Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2022

John Constable’s favourite Hampstead pond to be restored after two centuries

Branch Hill pond dried up in the 1880s. Now it will teem with wildlife again, as it did in the artist’s heyday

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

Do we really care more about Van Gogh’s sunflowers than real ones?

The Just Stop Oil activists are accused of tactics that will stop people listening. But ‘respectable’ protest is roundly ignored, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022

Hay Wain protesters deny criminal damage over National Gallery glue stunt

Two climate change activists who glued themselves to the frame of John Constable’s masterpiece The Hay Wain have denied criminal damage.

Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2022

Just Stop Oil: Eco-activists charged with criminal damage over Hay Wain National Gallery protest

Hannah Hunt and Eden Lazarus staged the protest at the National Gallery in central London on July 4

Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2022

Climate change protesters glue themselves to frame of Constable’s Hay Wain

The Just Stop Oil protesters also attached their own image of ‘an apocalyptic vision of the future’ to the picture.

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2022

Climate protesters glue themselves to National Gallery artwork

Campaigners from Just Stop Oil pressure group reimagine The Hay Wain by John Constable

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2022

Eco-activist students behind Constable art attack at National Gallery bailed

Police have been called to the exhibit which has been closed to the public

Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2022

Light: Works from the Tate's Collection honours the body and its sensations – this is art which is meant to be felt

Review: Light: Works from The Tate’s Collection, ACMI

The Conversation · Jun 27, 2022