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Just after 11am, two young persons, the complainants, entered Room 43 of the Gallery. Dressed in matching white tee-shirts, they might have been mistaken, at a glance, for devotees of ''Wham!'' or ''Frankie Goes To Hollywood''. No arguments were advanced, either way, but their tee-shirts read “{{caps|Just Stop Oil}}” and not “{{caps|Relax!}}” or “{{caps|Choose Life}}”, so we can suppose they were not. In any case, nothing turns on it. | Just after 11am, two young persons, the complainants, entered Room 43 of the Gallery. Dressed in matching white tee-shirts, they might have been mistaken, at a glance, for devotees of ''Wham!'' or ''Frankie Goes To Hollywood''. No arguments were advanced, either way, but their tee-shirts read “{{caps|Just Stop Oil}}” and not “{{caps|Relax!}}” or “{{caps|Choose Life}}”, so we can suppose they were not. In any case, nothing turns on it. | ||
Being a normal Friday at season-end, the Gallery was busy. The complainants did not attract the attention of the Gallery’s security detail. This the Gallery has since come to regret, for the complainants had, concealed about their persons, containers of soup. Soon it became clear they had not brought them for lunch. Without ado, | Being a normal Friday at season-end, the Gallery was busy. The complainants did not attract the attention of the Gallery’s security detail. This the Gallery has since come to regret, for the complainants had, concealed about their persons, containers of soup. Soon it became clear they had not brought them for lunch. | ||
Without ado, the complainants vaulted a velvet rope, emptied soup onto the ''Sunflowers,'' glued themselves to a nearby wall and began shouting at everyone. | |||
Media reports tell us there were gasps, roars and a shout of “''Oh, my gosh!''” from nearby patrons, but beyond this, the bystanders took little action. Most stood transfixed. | Media reports tell us there were gasps, roars and a shout of “''Oh, my gosh!''” from nearby patrons, but beyond this, the bystanders took little action. Most stood transfixed. | ||