Just How Safe Is Great Art?

Image: Just Stop Oil / AP. Article by Caroline Mimbs Nyce. The Atlantic – October 17, 2022.

A museum-security expert admits that “it’s pretty darn hard to protect a painting from somebody throwing a can of soup at it.”

On Friday, in a bizarre act that immediately went viral, two climate activists covered a 130-ish-year-old Vincent Van Gogh painting with tomato soup at the National Gallery in London. They then proceeded to superglue themselves to the wall beneath the frame. “Are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet?” one asked. The protesters were later charged criminally. […]

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