Posted November 14, 2022 at 6:18 pm
Updated November 14, 2022 9:03 pm
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Vancouver police say they have identified the suspects who poured maple syrup on an Emily Carr painting and stuck it to a wall at the Vancouver Art Gallery over the weekend. Sgt. Steve Addison says an investigation is underway and officers will talk to witnesses, review security video and assess the cost of the damage. The Vancouver Art Gallery said in a statement that Carr’s painting “Stumps and Sky” suffered no permanent damage. 0:53 “Art or life?” Anti-oil activists pour tomato soup over Van Gogh’s painting in London
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Story continues below ad 0:58 Just Stop Oil protester sticks head to ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ painting It quotes director and CEO Anthony Kiendl as saying that the gallery “condemns acts of vandalism” to works of cultural significance in its care or in any museum. Current trend
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Kiendl says the gallery supports free expression, but not at the expense of suppressing other people’s ideas and artistic expression or preventing people from accessing those ideas. Don Marshall, spokesman for the environmental group Stop Fracking Around, says the protest was intended to focus public attention on the climate emergency. Addison says once police have completed gathering evidence, it will go to the Crown attorney for review and approval of charges. 2:07 Climate activists worry about surge in fossil fuel lobbyists at COP27 Journalistic standards Report an error © 2022 The Canadian Press
