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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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[–] Haagel@lemmings.world 41 points 2 years ago (17 children)

I'm not usually inclined to conspiracy but I honestly think this group is planted by somebody to make environmental activists look bad.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (14 children)

They aren't even protesting about (necessarily) environmentalism! It's crazy the number of people outraged that soup was thrown on glass that was in front of a painting and didn't even get to the part where it says this is about food security.

[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (10 children)

That just shows why this isn’t an effective form of protest. I’ve seen a lot of comments about how “this gets attention” but fail to see how no one is actually talking about the “point” these protestors were trying to make. Which basically ruins anything the protestors are trying to do as no one focuses on the issues expressed.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Although part of it might also just be the classic issue of people not reading that much past the headline. People see "protestors throw soup at Mona Lisa", and not get much farther than that.

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

Or more likely that news doesn't get paid to put it in the headline.

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