Protesters have again targeted the Mona Lisa, with activists hurling soup at the famous painting as they called for “the right to healthy and sustainable food”.
Protected behind glass, the painting was unharmed, with security quickly bringing out black screens to block the protesters and hide the soup-covered work of art.
The incident follows a similar scene in 2022, when a man disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair hurled a handful of cake at the iconic piece. Before this, The Mona Lisa has been the victim of a number of attacks. In 1956, the painting was damaged twice, once when a Bolivian man threw a rock at it and again when a woman threw sulphuric acid at it. Then in 1974, a woman in a wheelchair failed in her attempt to spray red paint on the work. In 2009, a man threw a cup of tea at it. The painting has been protected with 1.52-inch-thick bulletproof glass since 1960.
Protesters have again targeted the Mona Lisa, with activists hurling soup at the famous painting as they called for “the right to healthy and sustainable food”.
Protected behind glass, the painting was unharmed, with security quickly bringing out black screens to block the protesters and hide the soup-covered work of art.
The incident follows a similar scene in 2022, when a man disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair hurled a handful of cake at the iconic piece. Before this, The Mona Lisa has been the victim of a number of attacks. In 1956, the painting was damaged twice, once when a Bolivian man threw a rock at it and again when a woman threw sulphuric acid at it. Then in 1974, a woman in a wheelchair failed in her attempt to spray red paint on the work. In 2009, a man threw a cup of tea at it. The painting has been protected with 1.52-inch-thick bulletproof glass since 1960.
