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.

    • TheSanSabaSongbird
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      1 year ago

      We’ll see. There are better ways to communicate that message.

      Watching the world burn because you refuse to discard your precious entitled attitudes is not a morally defensible stance in my book.

      Keep right on ignoring what I say, and you are guaranteeing the loss of blue-collar voters to everyone’s peril.

      Also, way to tell us that you don’t actually give a shit about working people.

      This isn’t going to end well.