Climate activists spilled soup on the world-famous Mona Lisa painting in the Louvre in Paris. In a video of the incident that went viral on social media, two women can be seen hurling a liquid at the protective glass of the artwork. They shout slogans for sustainable nutrition.
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The women in the reception shout that the agricultural system is sick. The French farmers worked themselves to death. “What is most important? Art or the right to healthy and sustainable food?” After the attack on the Mona Lisa, Louvre employees placed black plaques in front of the painting and asked visitors to leave the room.
“Civil Resistance Campaign”
A group of activists claimed responsibility for the action and, according to their own statements, wants to initiate a radical change in society in climatic and social terms with a “civil resistance campaign in France”. People must be given better access to healthy food, the group demanded. Farmers have the right to an adequate income.
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In recent months, climate activists have attacked several famous works of art, including Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup in Australia, Vincent Van Goghs sunflowers in London and Claude Monet grain shovel in Potsdam.
An attack with a cake had already been carried out on the Mona Lisa in 2022. The 16th century painting attracts millions of visitors from all over the world to the Louvre every year. The largest museum in the world houses hundreds of thousands of works of art.
Climate activists spilled soup on the world-famous Mona Lisa painting in the Louvre in Paris. In a video of the incident that went viral on social media, two women can be seen hurling a liquid at the protective glass of the artwork. They shout slogans for sustainable nutrition.
The women in the reception shout that the agricultural system is sick. The French farmers worked themselves to death. “What is most important? Art or the right to healthy and sustainable food?” After the attack on the Mona Lisa, Louvre employees placed black plaques in front of the painting and asked visitors to leave the room.