Husband soiled the Mona Lisa in the Louvre with a cake./Channel 24 collage
An unknown man committed either an act of vandalism or an environmental action in the Louvre in Paris. He stained Leonardo da Vinci's legendary Mona Lisa with cake.
An unknown man stained the Mona Lisa with a cake
On Sunday, May 29, a man disguised as an elderly woman arrived at the museum in a wheelchair. Approaching the Gioconda, he suddenly stood up, threw off his wig and tried to break the protective glass.
Nothing came of it, so he began to smear the cream cake on the glass, which he seemed to have brought with him. At the end of his “performance”, the man also scattered roses in the hall. After that, the guards took him out.
When he was taken out, the man began to scream, trying to explain the reason and content of his act.
Think of the Earth, artists think of the Earth. All artists think about the Earth. That's why I did it,” the man repeated enigmatically.
According to the man, it can be concluded that it was an action aimed at protecting nature. However, they can be interpreted in different ways.
The painting survived
Fortunately, the Mona Lisa is protected by special bulletproof glass. The vandal failed to damage or break it, so they had to smear the cake all over it. Thanks to this, it was enough to wipe the picture to return it to its normal form.
The museum management and law enforcement officers have not yet commented on the incident.
The reaction of the network
Of course, there were many people near one of the most famous works of art in the world, so they began to photograph and film what was happening. In a matter of moments, they learned about this case on the Internet.
Network users reacted differently to the action – some were shocked, others were outraged, and someone just had fun. Here is how the case was commented on social networks:
- “He wants to attract attention so that he can be interviewed and paid”,
- “I think what he was really saying was, 'I'm trying to be the biggest idiot in this museum. There was this picture, and for some reason everyone was looking at it, so I decided that something had to be done to prove that I was the best”,
- “Some people crave attention”,
- “It's good that she was protected by glass”,
- “That's the fun part. what happened in the museum of that day”,
- “Absurd”.
