Mona Lisa Attacked with Soup! Climate Activists Shake Up the Louvre Museum
The Louvre Museum in Paris is renowned for housing some of the world's most precious and iconic artworks. However, on a seemingly ordinary day, the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, became the unexpected target of a unique protest. Two climate activists from the food-security group "Riposte Alimentaire" splattered the glass protecting the Mona Lisa with soup, demanding attention for a sustainable food system.
In the early hours of that fateful day, two women, Sasha and Marie-Juliette, entered the Louvre Museum armed with thermoses filled with soup. They approached the famous painting, which is encased behind bulletproof glass, and proceeded to hurl the soup at the protective barrier. The vibrant orange streaks of soup splattered across the glass and the blue wall behind the pa...