A couple of British climate activists clasped their hands against a painting by Vincent van Gogh at a gallery in London on Thursday to protest the government’s climate policies.
The duo – Louis McKechnie and Emily Brocklebank – are supporters of the “Just Stop Oil” activist group, which participates in promotional stunts to draw public attention to climate change.
Supporters of “Just Stop Oil” stick to a painting by Vincent van Gogh. (Just stop the oil)
McKechnie, 21, and Brocklebank, 24, stuck to Van Gogh’s 1889 painting, “Peach Trees in Blossom, Hanging at Courtauld Gallery in Somerset House, London.”
In a statement posted on the Just Stop Oil website, McKechnie called on the art world to be more proactive in combating climate change.
EPA SPENDS MILLIONS FROM BIDEN HOSPITAL FOR COVID IN CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMS, EV RIDESHARES, “CUTTING LABORATORIES”
“The directors of the art institutes should call on the government to stop all new oil and gas projects immediately,” he said. “Either we are in resistance or we are complicit.”
The Courtauld Gallery said it would remain closed until the end of Thursday and is expected to reopen to the public “normally” on Friday. Fox News contacted the gallery for further comment.
Footage posted on the internet by Just Stop Oil shows police responding to climate activists.
“A work of art receives this protection and state concern. While people in Ethiopia, Somalia, India, Pakistan, the US, Australia (to name a few) suffering from climate change are NOW being ignored and leaving.” , the team wrote. “What is more important? This painting? Or a future” ?!
CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION
The trick came after another climate activist threw a piece of cake at Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris in late May.
