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Mona Lisa at Louvre becomes target of environmental activists NHK

Two environmental activists have splashed orange-colored soup on protective glass guarding Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." Local media report that the masterpiece is unharmed.

AFP news agency reports the incident occurred at the Louvre museum in Paris on Sunday.

The media outlet distributed a video that shows two women repeatedly spraying liquid at the glass-protected painting. They shouted, "What's more important -- art or the right to healthy and sustainable food?" They also said their agricultural system is "sick."

This is the latest in a series of similar vandalism stunts targeting renowned artworks.

In May 2022, an activist threw cake at the Mona Lisa at the Louvre.

In October of that year, two protesters splashed tomato soup on one of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings at the National Gallery in London.

Later in the same month, two activists hurled mashed potatoes at one of Claude Monet's "Haystacks" paintings at the Museum Barberini in the eastern German city of Potsdam.

The artworks were spared damage as they were covered by safety glass.
Summary
Environmental activists vandalized Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" at the Louvre museum in Paris by splashing orange-colored soup, with no reported damage. This incident marks another instance of artworks being targeted, following similar stunts on renowned paintings like Van Gogh's "Sunflowers"
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ID: 3da5adfe-0cbb-42e2-9750-9c16f89a6cf4

Category ID: nhk

URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240129_03/

Date: Jan. 29, 2024

Created: 2024/01/29 06:30

Updated: 2025/12/08 18:23

Last Read: 2024/01/29 08:53

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