Vancouver police identify pair who poured syrup on Emily Carr painting

Vancouver police say they’ve recognized the suspects who threw maple syrup on an Emily Carr portray and glued themselves to a wall on the Vancouver Artwork Gallery over the weekend.

Sgt. Steve Addison says an investigation is underway and officers can be talking to witnesses, reviewing safety video and assessing the price of the injury.

The Vancouver Artwork Gallery says in an announcement that Carr’s “Stumps and Sky” portray suffered no everlasting hurt.

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It quotes director and CEO Anthony Kiendl as saying the gallery “condemns acts of vandalism” in the direction of works of cultural significance in its care, or in any museum.

Kiendl says the gallery helps free expression, however not on the expense of suppressing others’ concepts and creative expression, or inhibiting individuals from entry to these concepts.

Don Marshall, a spokesman for the environmental group Cease Fracking Round, says the protest was supposed to focus public consideration on the local weather emergency.

Addison says that after police end accumulating proof, they are going to transfer ahead to Crown counsel for overview and approval of costs.

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