Activists splatter 'Mona Lisa' with soup in Louvre Museum in Paris
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An activist wore with the name of an environmental group, Riposte Alimentaire.
LONDON -- Activists splattered the glass-covered "Mona Lisa" painting with soup at the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday, according to a video posted online by an activist group.
Two women carrying bottles approached the famous Leonardo Da Vinci painting and splashed the bullet-proof glass and the surrounding blue wall, according the video from Riposte Alimentaire, an environmental group.
The women -- who the group identified as Sasha, 24, and Marie-Juliette, 63 -- then crossed behind the wooden railing protecting the painting, stood on either side of it, and called for "the integration of food into the general social security system."
"In France, one in three people skip meals due to lack of means," Riposte Alimentaire said in a statement posted in French. "At the same time, 20% of the food produced is thrown away. Our model stigmatizes the most precarious and does not respect our fundamental right to food."
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