Enough to wipe the smile off his face.
A pair of climate change activists threw pumpkin soup at the Mona Lisa on Sunday at the Louvre Museum in Paris as onlookers gasped, shocking new video releases.
“What’s more important?” shouted the crazy activist in French. “Art or the right to have a healthy and sustainable food system?”
The two nuts are members of an activist group called “Riposte Alimetaire,” or Food Response, which released a statement saying the action was meant to highlight the need to protect the environment.
Protesters splashed the glass that protects the Mona Lisa with soup. AP
“Two activists of the ‘Riposte Alimentaire’ environmental movement sprayed pumpkin soup on the shield glass protecting the Mona Lisa, this Sunday, January 28, 2024, at approximately 10 a.m.,” the museum said in a statement, according to CNN. “Louvre security staff immediately intervened.”
Officials at the museum said they filed a complaint against the activist.
Fortunately, Leonardo Da Vinci’s legendary 16th-century masterpiece was unscathed, thanks to safety glass installed in front of the museum’s famous painting.
Protesters threw food products at the work to raise awareness of food instability. AP
It’s not the first time protesters have targeted the Mona Lisa and her legendary smile.
In 2022 a self-proclaimed eco-warrior wearing a wig and lipstick tries to break the protective glass and then throws a cake at the painting in a bizarre incident.
“Think of Earth,” the man shouted. “There are people who destroy the Earth. Think about it, the artist tells you, think about the Earth. That’s why I’m doing this.”
The protest is one of many acts of vandalism to raise awareness of world issues. AP
In 2009, a woman threw a ceramic cup at the painting, CNN reported.
Da Vinci’s masterpiece wasn’t the only target of activists — later in 2022, protesters threw Heinz tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflower” at the National Gallery in London.
The two vandals, identified as Anna Holland and Phoebe Plummer, have been arrested.
With Postal wire
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Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
