National Gallery bans visitors from bringing in liquids to halt attacks by eco louts

THE National Gallery has banned visitors from bringing successful liquids to halt attacks by eco louts.

Famous paintings astatine the London venue person been targeted 5 times since July 2022 — and doubly successful the past 2 weeks.

All liquids but babe formula, expressed beverage and medicines are present banned.

Bosses besides said it would instrumentality longer to get into the gallery.

A spokesperson said: “The attacks person caused harm to artworks, distress to visitors and unit and disruption to our ngo to guarantee large creation is disposable for everyone, everyplace to enjoy.”

On Monday, 3 Just Stop Oil protesters denied transgression harm aft the latest incident.

Last month, Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, were jailed for flinging crockery astatine ­Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers successful October 2022.

Yesterday creation fans bemoaned the caller rules and slammed JSO for their callous attacks.

Kenny Burnett wrote: “Another lawsuit of each the nationalist being affected by the actions of a fewer lunatics... bittersweet to see... but I cannot blasted you arsenic the creation needs to beryllium protected.”

Patricia Marston added: “So bittersweet that this has to beryllium done, but admit you taking steps to support the creation and visitors safe. Thank you.”

The 200-year aged gallery, successful Trafalgar Square, Central London, houses much than 2,300 historically important paintings.

Its collections, viewed by 3 cardinal tourists a year, see Sunflowers, John Constable’s The Hay Wain and Claude Monet’s Water Lily.

Last week Just Stop Oil leaders invited depository directors to conscionable them portion mockingly promising to “leave the crockery astatine home”.