In recent weeks, climate activists have hit the headlines with protests targeting classical paintings. Paintings by van Gogh, Monet, Picasso, Warhol and Vermeer have all been hit by cans of soup as protesters glue themselves to the paintings or surrounding exhibition space. Most of the protesters have been directly linked to ‘Just Stop Oil’ and have argued that their attention-grabbing protests defacing works of beauty pales in comparison to the destruction of the planet. Earlier this month, two Belgian protesters were given prison sentences after they poured tomato soup over Johannes Vermeer’…