Two eco activists who covered John Constable's painting The Hay Wain with 'dystopian' posters and inflicted more than £1,000 worth of repairs have been found guilty of causing criminal damage.
Hannah Hunt, 23, and Eben Lazarus, 22, taped printed posters of a 'dystopian vision' onto the artwork before gluing their hands to its frame in the National Gallery on July 4 this year.
In July, the pair entered the gallery with three others who distracted security officers so that the defendants could tape three printed posters of a “dystopian version of Constable’s painting” onto the canvas. District Judge Daniel Sternberg said the damage caused was “significant not trivial” and that the defendants “were reckless” and caused it “without lawful excuse”.
Hunt added that their actions might actually increase the value of the painting, citing an £8 million surge to the value of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers after a different JSO protest.
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