Just Stop Oil
Just Stop Oil protestors place high-vis jacket on ancient Greek statue at the British Museum
The campaign group dressed up a sculpture of the goddess Demeter and added a speech bubble beside it reading “just stop famine”
London's National Gallery to ban liquids after attacks on paintings
The gallery will introduce new security measures, stating it has been "forced to act to protect our visitors, staff and collection"
An open letter from Just Stop Oil and Youth Demand: 'we need institutions to confront their responsibilities'
Responding to a recent letter from the National Museum Directors' Council, the campaign groups have proposed a meeting in London's National Gallery—promising to “leave the soup at home”
Painting protests cause 'enormous stress for colleagues at every level', say UK's national museum directors
An open letter from the National Museum Directors' Council says "demonstrations now need to be taken away from our museums and galleries"
Just Stop Oil activists who glued themselves to Turner painting acquitted
Just days after Van Gogh soup pair sentenced to jail, a judge found the protesters' actions to be 'proportionate'
Three arrested after Just Stop Oil protestors throw soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers—again
Activists who took part in a similar stunt at London's National Gallery in 2022 were jailed earlier today
Protestors who poured soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers sentenced to prison
The incident, which took place at the National Gallery in 2022, will see Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland serve two years and 20 months respectively
From the courts to the British Museum—it’s time to stop hiding from the realities of climate breakdown
A reluctance to acknowledge hard facts is playing into a one-sided narrative around Big Oil—and the consequences are far reaching
The Week in Art podcast | Just Stop Oil’s latest protests, Tavares Strachan, Louise Bourgeois at the Galleria Borghese
Is the climate activist group’s campaign proving a success? Plus, Bahamian-born, US-based Strachan on his new Hayward show and a close look at a hanging bronze by Bourgeois
Victory without damage: ‘Just Stop Oil’s climate activism is one of the most successful disobedience campaigns ever’
The climate catastrophe has been brought to the forefront of the public mind without causing serious harm to the targeted works, says John Paul Stonard
Two eco-activists arrested after Stonehenge sprayed with orange powder
The ancient site remains open as curators investigate the damage
'Why destroying art in protest achieves nothing'
Activists’ attacks on artworks do not further their causes—if they did, I would throw the soup myself
Just Stop Oil activists stage London show
The protest group is taking over Koppel X in London
The Year in Art: We take a look at 2022’s biggest stories—and what they mean
Plus, our writers sit down to discuss their favourite works of the year
Climate activists in Vienna pour 'oil' over Gustav Klimt painting
Curators at Leopold Museum say that Letzte Generation's protest against fossil fuel projects left no damage to either the picture or the original frame
Activists 'severely underestimate the fragility' of objects: 92 museum directors speak out against climate protests
The signatories of the open letter include the directors of the Musée du Louvre and New York's Museum of Modern Art
Following attacks on masterpieces in Italy and Spain, are eco activists winning the argument?
Goya works at the Prado and a Van Gogh painting in Rome were recently targeted
Protestors took too much risk throwing soup on the Sunflowers—and missed an opportunity
Had they thought about it more deeply, the activists who attacked the Van Gogh work could have gained something more than attention
Eco activist attempts to glue his head to Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring
Dutch police have arrested three people at the Mauritshuis in The Hague
In Germany, climate activists throw mashed potato at most expensive Monet painting sold at auction
The protestors from Letzte Generation took inspiration from a recent stunt that saw Van Gogh's Sunflowers doused in soup
Getty oil fortune heiress helped fund climate activists who have targeted artworks and museums
The granddaughter of the oil tycoon J. Paul Getty has donated millions to support activist groups like Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil
'How dare YOU?': we speak to Just Stop Oil, the eco activists who threw soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Plus, Art Basel's inaugural Paris+ fair and an enigmatic Frank Bowling painting