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Two climate activists have been in the U.K. for Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers painting with soup. The pair of protestors are from Just Stop Oil (JSO), an environmental group on highlighting the issue of climate change caused by fossil fuels. One of the activists a sentence of two years in prison. The other will 20 months. In October 2022, the protestors two cans of tomato soup over Van Gogh's priceless 1888 painting at London's National Gallery. They then beneath the iconic work of art and their hands to the wall. The soup did not the painting, but it over $13,000 of damage to the picture frame.

Presiding judge Christopher Hehir the Van Gogh painting a "cultural treasure" that could have "seriously damaged or even destroyed" in the attack. The judge told the activists: "You couldn't have less if the painting was damaged or not. You had no right to do what you to Sunflowers. You clearly think your beliefs give you the right to crimes when you feel like it. You do not." He added: "Soup might have through the glass." In their defence, the protestors said that prior to the soup, they to see if the painting was by the glass. Museum staff worried the soup could have through the protective glass.