When Art Becomes a Target: The Troubling Defense of Vandalism

Activists with Just Stop Oil glue their hands to the wall after throwing soup at a painting from Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" series at the National Gallery in London, UK, on Oct. 14, 2022. Just Stop Oil/Handout via Reuters

Commentary

When the law, however reasonable it might be, is not respected by a significant part of the educated class, serious social conflict is likely, if it has not already occurred.