Protesters hurled soup at a Monet painting on Feb 10 in a museum in Lyon, the latest action by Riposte Alimentaire, which pulled a similar stunt on the Mona Lisa in January.
The Musee des Beaux-Arts in France’s third-largest city said in a statement that the attack on Claude Monet’s Le Printemps (Spring) took place at 3.30pm local time on Feb 10.
The 1872 painting was protected by glass, but will still undergo a close inspection and restoration, the museum said. The museum said it would file a complaint for vandalism, adding that two activists were arrested.
Riposte Alimentaire (Food counter-attack) claimed the attack in a posting on X, with a woman identifying herself as 20-year-old Ilona saying “we have to act now before it is too late”.
Main Image :Two activists after splashing paint on Claude Monet's 'Printemps.' Riposte Alimentaire
Anna Melnykova, "Palace of Labor (palats praci), architector I. Pretro, 1916", shot with analog Canon camera, 35 mm Fuji film in March 2022.
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