Starry, Starry Night?

Following the tomato soup 'attack' by two 'Just Stop Oil' protestors, George Monbiot poses the question "Do we really care more about van Gogh's sunflowers than real ones?" (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/19/van-gogh-sunflowers-just-stop-oil-tactics). The tomato soup never represented a real threat to van Gogh's painting (for which he received only a paltry reward in his life time), as it was protected by armoured glass. The 'Just Stop Oil' campaigners knew this. Monbiot says, however, that the 'attck' seemed to "horrify some people more than the collapse of our planet which these campaigners are trying to prevent". He points out that the planet's climate is rapidly approaching disterous tipping points. Suggestions by the UK's current (at the time of writing) Home Secretary, that protest must be conducted in a 'civilised manner' gets short shrift. Monbiot notes that the UK has legislated to stop all meaningful protest. Protestors can be jailed (in some cases, for twice the duration of causing bodily harm) for obstructing two or more people; producing too much noise or even associating (or planning to associate) with other known demonstators. The government itself seems intent on encouraging more oil and gas exploration. Perhaps throwing soup on a well-known painting is one of the few remaining ways of getting some media attention?