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EXTINCTION rebellion activists who demand that the world stop and pay attention to the impending climate apocalypse by blocking roads, chaining themselves to bollards and statue destruction do come at a cost.
In London earlier this week, two protesters belonging to the group Just Stop Oil glued themselves to a frame of Vincent van Gogh’s Peach Trees in Blossom at the Courtauld Gallery and demanded the art world do more on climate action.
The artwork in question is synonymous with the Dutch painter’s crazed decision to cut off his ear before completing his famed countryside painting.
While the actions of these protesters are, on first impressions, bizarre, the cost and the frequency of these protests can and do have a significant...