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Aberdeen Gallery given training after oil protestors’ art attacks

Just Stop Oil protestors at art gallery
Just Stop Oil protestors throw soup at Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers masterpiece.

A series of attacks from Just Stop Oil and other climate activists has seen Aberdeen Art Gallery staff be given special training.

Protestors have hit a series of pieces in recent weeks, throwing soup, mashed potatoes and even gluing themselves to masterpieces including Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Vermeer’s Girl With A Pearl Earring.

Aberdeen Art Gallery has been backed by oil giant BP, which in 2019 gave it a £1 million donation towards redevelopment.

Aberdeen Art Gallery
Aberdeen Art Gallery.

In a statement supplied to The Herald, it said: “All the front-of-house team have been given training and guidance on how best to respond in such a situation, but our primary aim is to make our venues welcoming and accessible to all.

“While we hope visitors and protesters alike treat the public’s collection with respect, we are vigilant.”

Monet’s Les Meules also attacked

Earlier this month Just Stop Oil protestors made headlines when they threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers masterpiece, demanding the government halt all new oil and gas projects.

That was later followed by climate activists from the group Last Generation throwing mashed potatoes at Monet’s Les Meules which was sold at auction in 2019 for $110,747,000 (£97.4m).

It is estimated at least a dozen such attacks have taken place on international artworks since a man smeared cake on the Mona Lisa in late May.