A pair of protesters affiliated with the group Riposte Alimentaire, or “Food Counterattack,” threw soup at the Mona Lisa hanging in The Lourve to protest the lack of sustainable food sources being developed, the BBC reports. In their performance art in front of art, the two representatives of the group recited, “What is more important? Art or the right to healthy and sustainable food? Your agricultural system is sick. Our farmers are dying at work,” before being led out by security.
Arguably the most famous painting in the world, the Mona Lisa is protected by a glass panel in front of it because it has been the target of a number of such protests in the past.