In Paris, on Sunday morning, two activists sprayed soup on armored glass the Mona Lisa paintingAdding their action – which did not damage the masterpiece – to the list of activities carried out by environmental movements in museums in recent years.
The work was not damaged
Louvre Museum notedFrance Press agencyShe explained that the real estate hall in which the painting was displayed was reopened to visitors, after it had remained closed for about an hour. The world's largest museum plans to file a complaint on Monday.
What is important? What is more important? Art or the right to healthy and sustainable food? Our agricultural system is sick. Our farmers die while working. One in three French people does not eat all of their meals every day
“, shouted the activists, standing on both sides of the table, after throwing the soup, as a journalist fromFrance Press agency.
We learned that they were subsequently arrestedFrance Press agency From a police source. According to the Louvre Museum, they hid pumpkin soup in a coffee thermos. Food is accepted at the entrance to the establishment.
The two environmental activists are members of the “Riposte Alimentaire” group, which aims to encourage radical change in society on the climate and social levels.
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The museum had tried to ban food from being served to visitors in the past, but decided against it, in part because it could be purchased inside.
the Mona Lisa paintingLike our heritage, it belongs to future generations. No reason can justify targeting him
The Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, condemned X.
I'm not sure about that the Mona Lisa painting It is the largest pollutant in France. What does it mean?
For her part, government spokeswoman Prisca Thévenot denounced it on France 3 television.
The famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, which has been on display behind armored protective glass since 2005, has been the victim of vandalism several times. In May 2022, for example, he was the target of a cream pie.
The Mona Lisa has already been scaled in May 2022. As is the case with soup, the cream fell onto its protective glass.
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The action was called for this time, in a press release sent toFrance Press agencyby a group called Food Riposte, presents itself as It is a French civil resistance campaign that aims to bring about radical change in society on the climate and social levels
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he Follows the recent renewal campaign
who has claimed several disturbing actions in recent months to claim it Thermal renovation plan for buildings that meet the emergency situation
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Soup plane on the Mona Lisa painting Was this time presented as The launch of a civil resistance campaign with a clear and useful demand for everyone: social security for sustainable food
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Target museums
For several years, a series of armed operations have targeted works in museums around the world.
In October 2022, two young women wear T-shirts with the message Just stop the oil
And so I displayed the contents of two cans of tomato soup on Van Gogh's masterpiece sunflower In the National Gallery in London, before he pressed himself against the wall while screaming: Which is more expensive, art or life?
This painting was also protected by glass.
In other museums, activists stuck their hands to a Goya painting in Madrid, smearing the surrounding glass cage with red and black paint. The little fourteen-year-old dancer By Degas in Washington or mashed potatoes on Claude Monet's masterpiece in Potsdam, near Berlin.
More broadly, civil disobedience movements have recently disrupted sporting events or blocked traffic in Western countries, to denounce the inaction of governments and the economic world.
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