Any method is good in fighting for their views. Perhaps this is the opinion of the people who mocked one of Vincent van Gogh’s most famous paintings in the National Gallery in London.

Eco-activists poured soup on Van Gogh’s painting. These were two members of the Just Stop Oil movement.

This is how they expressed their protest. So, what the girls fought for and what they faced, we tell in this article.

Two girls from Just Stop Oil put on a whole show at the National Gallery in London. The first stage was Van Gogh’s painting ‘Sunflowers’.

Protesters soiled it by pouring Heinz tomato soup on the canvas. Then the girls put glue on their palms

and stuck their hands to the wall. All this was accompanied by a loud speech, which was captured on video.

The girls explained what they were doing and why. It turns out that in this way the ecoactivists tried to urge the society to take care of the environment.

In particular, they protested against the granting of licenses for oil and gas production in Great Britain and,

in general, against new oil and gas projects. This is exactly what the Just Stop Oil movement is striving for.

‘Which is more expensive: art or life?’ One of the girls asked, standing in front of a soup-stained painting in the gallery.

‘Are you more concerned about protecting the painting or protecting our planet and people? The cost of living crisis is part of the cost of the oil crisis.

Fuel is out of reach for millions of cold and hungry families. They cannot even afford to heat a box of soup,’the activist continued.

I should mention that the painting ‘Sunflowers’ is one of the most famous of Vincent van Gogh’s works.

Its creator wrote back in 1888. How does the work of art relate to the oil crisis, and how has it been wronged by eco-activists? Here’s what commentators think about it.

‘It is clear why all this is happening.They want to cause as much shock as possible. Then there will be resonance,

which is what they need. For the same purpose, for example, children, children’s institutions are chosen as an object of terror.

Or iconic structures like the Twin Towers,’ ‘It’s hard to distinguish the desire for hype from the real desire to fight for something. But it’s more like a hippie.’

‘Sunflowers’ canvas is valuable not only in terms of creativity. It also has a great material value.

Today, the value of the canvas is estimated at almost 40 million dollars. Fortunately, the painting itself was not damaged because it was under glass.

But the very fact that the soup was specially poured over the masterpiece is surprising. This is just blasphemy.