Here's the Van Gogh Soup Thrower Explaining the Soup Throw. Seems Fine to Me.

[Beastly Boy]

10. Minimal damage? Pahleeze!

You don't have to destroy something to inflict maximum damage. The damage comes with the act of vandalism itself. It comes from "normalizing" vandalism.

I've heard this before. Some radicals call it "normalizing the language of resistance". Here's the problem with this: he language of contempt normalizes contempt. The language of vandalism normalizes vandalism. The language of violence normalizes violence. It is not the act itself, it is, in this case, the violation of the taboo against making priceless and irreplaceable works of art legitimate targets for whatever cause one chooses to advocate. The Taliban used it to blow up precious 4th century Buddhist statues to "normalize" resistance to all religions other than their own. Their act of wanton destruction is remembered all across the world, and because of its shocking cruelty their advocacy of Islam is firmly associated with barbarism. Congrats, Talibaqn, job well done.

Yeah, the kids throwing ketchup at art will get them their fifteen minutes of fame, but then they will be condemned for their act and their cause will be shunned because of it. Because a Van Gogh is far more precious than a bunch of entitled kids acting out their anger.

And I am not even getting into their stupid choice of a target here.