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Just Stop Oil to release soup cookbook after calling end to protests

In the wake of its recent announcement, the group is turning to gastronomy, with recipes for Vincent van Gazpacho and Hieronymus Borscht

The Art Newspaper
1 April 2025
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The book, Making a Bigger Splash: Soups, has been written by two of the group’s organisers, Anne Carotte and Cory Ander

Ozgur Coskun via AdobeStock

The book, Making a Bigger Splash: Soups, has been written by two of the group’s organisers, Anne Carotte and Cory Ander

Ozgur Coskun via AdobeStock

The British campaign group Just Stop Oil, famed for splashing soup across some of the world’s most celebrated works of art, is now pivoting into the world of gastronomy. After recently announcing an end to its protests, the group now plans to publish a cookery book.

The book, Making a Bigger Splash: Soups, has been written by two of the group’s organisers, Anne Carotte and Cory Ander.

“At one protest we accidentally splashed some soup on one of the security guards, who was shouting at us to stop before suddenly gasping ’yummy!’,” Carotte says. “As we continued to research the best concoctions to create maximum mess without damaging the works of art, we realised that some of these soupy slurries were actually rather tasty and we should share the recipes.

“We then thought, why not make the recipes art themed? Because, despite what people may think, we really are art lovers—we just think the planet is more important.”

Among the tasty treats in the book are recipes for Hieronymus Borscht,
Camille Corot and Coriander, Paul Gumbo-guin, Leek (Krasner) and (Jackson) Pollock Bouillabaisse, Andy Warhol’s Campbell Soup Cannellini Bean soup and Vincent van Gazpacho.

UPDATE: April Fools!

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