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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 58 points 2 years ago (6 children)

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

Wow, who would've guessed.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's bulletproof not soupproof.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 15 points 2 years ago
[–] rustbuckett@lemmings.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also, it's not the real Mona Lisa.

[–] Zevlen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's a painting 🎨🖌️ of her?

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 years ago

I suspect the protesters knew about this.

[–] kholby@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Well, they never said it was soup proof glass.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

yet they happened to prove it

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years 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 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] braxy29@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

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

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 5 points 2 years 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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.