Protesters throw soup at the ‘Mona Lisa’
Climate activists battled weekend crowds at the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday to splash the iconic “Mona Lisa” with canned soup.
Climate activists battled weekend crowds at the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday to splash the iconic “Mona Lisa” with canned soup.
Video shows two women throwing a red liquid at the painting before crossing the wooden barrier protecting it from crowds.
One of the women removes her jacket to reveal a T-shirt reading “Riposte Alimentaire,” a food sustainability activist group in France, whose name means “food response.”
Two environmental activists from the collective Riposte Alimentaire (Food Retaliation) hurl soup at Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" at the Louvre in Paris on Sunday.David Cantiniaux / AFP - Getty Images“What is more important?” The second woman says to the shouting crowd. “Art or healthy sustainable food?”
Museum workers can be seen rushing to block the view of the activists and the painting.
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