Jail time for activists who threw tomato soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Phoebe Plummer, 23, received a two-year sentence while Anna Holland, 22, was sent to prison for 20 months

LONDON — Two British climate activists were sentenced on Friday for throwing tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers two years ago, nearly destroying one of the great masterpieces at London’s National Gallery.

Phoebe Plummer, 23, received a two-year sentence while Anna Holland, 22, was sent to prison for 20 months. In October 2022, the pair threw two tins of tomato soup over the painting before kneeling down in front of it and gluing their hands to the wall beneath it. They were found guilty of criminal damage by a jury in July.