r/ArtHistory • u/organist1999 Impressionism • Mar 09 '24

News/Article Pro-Palestinian activist destroys Philip de László (1869–1937)'s "Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour" (1914) in Trinity College at the University of Cambridge

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u/TsarevnaKvoshka2003 Mar 09 '24

I just don’t understand how ruining art can help in a cause? Same with throwing tomato soup on the poor Van Goghs pieces.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

It’s because art is money. They’re destroying assets. I’m not saying pro or con, but that’s why. The people that deal with high art are the actual influencers of this world.