Activists splash soup on glass-protected Mona Lisa in Paris
The Hindu
Protesters throw soup at bullet-proof glass protecting the "Mona Lisa" in Paris, latest attack on masterpiece.
Two protesters on January 28 hurled soup at the bullet-proof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” in Paris, demanding the right to “healthy and sustainable food”, an AFP journalist said.
It is the latest attack on the masterpiece in the French capital’s Louvre museum, after someone threw a custard pie at it in May 2022, but it’s thick glass casing ensured it came to no harm.
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