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Visitors at Louvre look on in shock as Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece attacked by environmental protesters

Two environmental protesters have hurled soup on to the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris, calling for “healthy and sustainable food”. The painting, which was behind bulletproof glass, appeared to be undamaged.

Gallery visitors looked on in shock as two women threw the yellow-coloured soup before climbing under the barrier in front of the work and flanking the splattered painting, their right hands held up in a salute-like gesture.

One of the two activists removed her jacket to reveal a white T-shirt bearing the slogan of the environmental activist group Riposte Alimentaire (Food Response) in black letters.

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[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 66 points 9 months ago

The painting, which was behind bulletproof glass, appeared to be undamaged.

Wow, who would've guessed.

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 58 points 9 months ago

It's bulletproof not soupproof.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 15 points 9 months ago
[-] rustbuckett@lemmings.world 6 points 9 months ago

Also, it's not the real Mona Lisa.

[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 9 months ago

I suspect the protesters knew about this.

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 22 points 9 months ago

If it's anything like the other times, that's exactly why they targeted it instead of something unprotected. They aren't trying to destroy art, they're trying to make a statement.

[-] kholby@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Well, they never said it was soup proof glass.

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 9 months ago

Now we know. Every article from now on has to call it bullet- and soupproof glass. It is the law.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

yet they happened to prove it

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago

It's actually a fair point. Bullets move in straight lines. Liquids splatter and drip. The painting might not be safe from all directions.

[-] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Almost like the spectacle is the point, and now people are talking about it

[-] braxy29@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

yeah, they really advanced environmentalism with this dumb shit. 🙄

[-] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago

They did studies that demonstrated this kind of thing can make political progress more difficult because politicians don't want to look like they're weak to it and voters don't want to be associated with it.

But they, and I guess you, don't really care, it's not about actually making positive change it's about feeling like a hero and getting followers on social media.

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 5 points 9 months ago

It's also probably not even the real one. They rotate it with several copies and never disclose which one is the original.

[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It just appeared to be undamaged.
Who knows, there might be some soup doing quantum tunnelling and plopping itself right in-between the canvas and the paint.

this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2024
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