Climate Activists Vandalize 1934 Emily Carr Painting With Maple Syrup in Vancouver

Climate activists with the group Stop Fracking Around threw maple syrup on Emily Carr’s 1934 painting “Stumps and Sky” and glued their hands to the wall under the painting at the Vancouver Art Gallery in Vancouver on Nov. 12, 2022. Via Stop Fracking Around, Twitter

Two women claiming to be climate activists allegedly vandalized an Emily Carr painting titled “Stumps and Sky” at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Nov. 12 and then issued a press release on Twitter saying it was to demand an end to the Coastal GasLink Pipeline in Northern B.C.

Erin Fletcher, 19, and Emily Kelsall from a group called Stop Fracking Around were videotaped throwing maple syrup on the glass-encased 1934 painting and then apparently gluing their hands to the gallery wall.