Two climate protesters hurled soup Sunday at the glass protecting the “Mona Lisa” at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system.
In a video posted on social media, two women with the words “FOOD RIPOSTE” written on their T-shirts could be seen passing under a security barrier to get closer to the painting and throwing pumpkin soup from thermoses at the bullet-proof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece.
“What’s the most important thing?” they shouted. “Art, or right to a healthy and sustainable food?”
“Our farming system is sick. Our farmers are dying at work,” they added.
Employees at the Louvre are also seen on the video putting black panels in front of the Mona Lisa and asking visitors to evacuate the room.
Paris police said two people, later identified by the Food Riposte group as Sasha, 24, and Marie-Juliette, 63, were arrested following the incident.
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The Food Riposte or Riposte Alimentaire (Food Retaliation) group claimed responsibility for the attack and said the soup throwing marked the “start of a campaign of civil resistance with the clear demand…
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