Mona Lisa Splattered With Pumpkin Soup by Protesters in Paris
Posted on AllSides January 28th, 2024
From The Left
The world’s most famous painting was the focus of yet another demonstration on Sunday. when activists from the environmental group Riposte Alimentaire splattered Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa with pumpkin soup. The protest at the famed Paris museum, the Louvre, was an effort to draw attention to food insecurity in France, the organization said. The painting, which is encased in a sheet of bulletproof glass, was not damaged in the incident. According to a statement released by The Louvre, “Two activists from the environmental movement ‘Riposte Alimentaire’ sprayed pumpkin soup...
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