Activists throw soup at Mona Lisa in Paris | DW News
Protesters threw soup at the glass-protected “Mona Lisa” in the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday.
In a video of the stunt, two women can be seen splashing orange-colored soup on the artwork while one of them shouts: “What’s more important — art or the right to healthy, sustainable food? Our agricultural system is sick. Our farmers are dying at work.”
A spokesperson from the Louvre confirmed to DW that the painting, which is encased in bullet-proof glass, had not been damaged.
They added that the room housing the “Mona Lisa” had been reopened and everything at the museum had returned to normal.
The activists were from the French organization “Riposte Alimentaire” (Food Response), which issued a statement saying the protest aimed to highlight the need to protect the environment and sources of food.
The group called for a system to be put in place that gives people better access to healthy food while providing farmers with a decent income.
It comes as French farmers stage protests demanding better pay, simplified regulations, and protection against cheap imports. For days, angry farmers have been blocking roads with their tractors across the country, and some have pledged to converge on Paris on Monday.
New Prime Minister Gabriel Attal promised “decisions” would be made in the coming weeks to address farmers’ concerns.
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15 comments
How did they get in with opened cans of soup in the first place?
كم شكيت وكم ناشدت ولكن لاحياة لمن ينادي💔اللهٰم يا مُسخر الجبال الراسية والقلوب القاسية والعباد العاصية سخّر لنا جنود الأرض وملائكة السماء،:قال عز وجل [[مَا أفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقُرَىٰ فَلِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُول وَلِذِي الْقُرْبَى وَالْيَتُمَى وَالْمَسْكِينِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ كَيْ لَا يَكُونَ دُولَةً بَيْنَ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ مِنكُمْ وَمَا عَاتَيْكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَنكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانتَهُوا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهُ إِنَّ اللهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ ]] انَيَ انْتُحْيَكِ اني ذخلَةٍ عَلَى الله ثمَّ عليكِ انَيَ فَيَ وَجهك اني اختكِ اني اتْرَجَاكِ اتْوَسِلُ الْيَكِ انَقَذَنَا لُوَجه الله. يَشِهِدِ اللهُ يَحْيَ انَ مَنْ الْصَبَاحُ حُثا الانَ يَحْرَمُ علينا الاكل غير الماء ) اخواني اني اقسم بالله العلي العظيم على كتاب الله انني بنت يتيمه من اليمن ومعي اخوان صغار اقسم بالله على كتاب الله ان اخوتي ماعاد يقدرو ينطقو بكلمة من شدت الجوع وصاحب البيت يريد الإجار او بيخرجنا إلى الشارع و اني اسالك بالله وانشدك بمحمد رسول الله يا اخي لوانت مسلم وتحب الخير واتساعدني ولو مبلغ بسيط نسد به جوعنا ان تتواصل معي او تراسلني وتساب على هذا الرقم 00967715532668 وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولا تتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير فيااخي انت رجال إذا شفت اسرتك جاوعين تعمل المستحيل من اجل تامن لهم الاكب ولكن انابنت عيني بصيره ويدي قصيره ليس لي اب مثلك يسمح دمعتي ويحميني من الذل والاهانة😭 مع واخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وانقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع نتبهدل او نموت من الجوع انا اقسم بالله الذي رفع سبع سموات بلا عمدوبسط الارض ومهداني لااكذب عليك بحرف من هذا الرساله واني ماطلبتك إلى من ضيق ومن قسوت الضروف والحال الذي احنافيه وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره على مساعدتنا لاتتاخر علينا هاذارقمي وتساب 00967715532668علينا جزاك الله خير الجزاء-'-!*&:";!:-°¢°^£^£°£££££……… .
They need help with their mental issues, they think theyre being sooo important is kinda pathetic
I hate what these psychopaths are doing to art. They have zero credibility and deserve a hefty fine and a criminal record.
What a thought provoking argument they're making. It sure convinced me that they are the sane and rational side!
Paid actors need to stop being given big news coverage.
Egomanics, all bout the tyranny of their thoughts
This is a great example of ineffective protesting. The only message they got across was you are criminals!! Shameless!!
Jail
The only thing I could think about was, how asylums put up plexiglass infront of the telly for the same reason. Destructive behaviour hardly befits sustainable measures.
Who pays the cost of cleaning and restoration?
The painting is under the glass so they didn’t do anything to it. It’s boring tho
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Voyage is getting worse in this world and the love of this world is just going out the window what people do to fellow man and just trying to take your nature is beside me all younger ones don't see it right now but when you get older you will treasure some of these things because they were in your past you haven't built that yet
That soup splatter made for more interesting art than the Mona Lisa