Members of Riposte Alimentaire demand the right to "healthy and sustainable food" after splattering yellow soup over the protective glazing in front of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece
The dousing of a glass-covered Mona Lisa in pumpkin soup is the latest in a string of cases of priceless artworks being targeted by environmental activists. Here are some of the other cases that have made headlines in the past two years:
- Soup for "Sunflowers" -
In October 2022, two activists from the Just Stop Oil group emptied cans of tomato soup over the glass protecting Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in London's National Gallery.
The dousing of a glass-covered Mona Lisa in pumpkin soup is the latest in a string of cases of priceless artworks being targeted by environmental activists.