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A blatant climate activist throws cake at the iconic Mona Lisa painting in Paris: 'Think of the Earth.'
A Louvre spokesperson told news in a statement that the cake incident had "no impact" on the "undamaged" Mona Lisa. A climate activist drew the cake to try to highlight the Louvre Museum over the weekend. In a French...
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the incident shows that a museum team member removed the glaze from the glass.
A Louvre spokesperson told news in a statement that the cake incident had "no impact" on the "undamaged" Mona Lisa.
A climate activist drew the cake to try to highlight the Louvre Museum over the weekend.
In a French statement to news, a representative from the Paris-based museum referred to Sunday's incident. A man wearing a wig and lipstick, sitting in a wheelchair, threw a cake at the armored glass protecting the famous Mona Lisa and smeared it. It was around before being escorted from the show.
"A visitor simulates a disability situation using a wheelchair and approaching work installed in a safe window," a museum spokesperson said in a translated statement. "The Louvre has implemented the usual procedures for people with limited mobility to allow them to admire this extraordinary work of the Louvre."
According to the representative, the cake "did not affect the image, which was not damaged," The perpetrator was immediately arrested and evacuated by reception and surveillance officers and then handed over to the police who came to the scene. "
The museum has also filed a complaint, the Louvre said. A video shared on Twitter by user @lukeXC2002 after the incident shows that a museum team member removed the glaze from the glass.
"Maybe it's just being crazy about me," but a man dressed as an old woman jumped out of a wheelchair and tried to break the Mona Lisa's armored resistant glass," wrote the accompanying tweet. "Then he spread the cake over the glass and threw a rose. everywhere before being attacked by the guards???"
A follow-up video by the same user shows people (walking) being escorted by security guards while they urge those present in French to watch "Think of the Earth."
"The museum commends the professionalism of its agents who responded quickly during the incident. He also remembers that overseeing the national collection is at the heart of their mission," a Louvre spokesperson said to news.
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