It is funny, but I still find it upsetting that someone would try to damage the painting in the first place. It seems profoundly selfish to attempt to damage this painting and deprive future...
It is funny, but I still find it upsetting that someone would try to damage the painting in the first place. It seems profoundly selfish to attempt to damage this painting and deprive future generations from enjoying it for a quick cheap laugh.
I’m sure they knew that they wouldn’t actually damage the Mona Lisa, and this was purely performative/symbolic. Last time I was there, about a decade ago, the painting was behind a very obvious...
I’m sure they knew that they wouldn’t actually damage the Mona Lisa, and this was purely performative/symbolic. Last time I was there, about a decade ago, the painting was behind a very obvious and incredibly thick protective glass wall. And based on the photos and videos of this event, it clearly still is. There is no way in hell that a thrown anything could have damaged it, even if they had wanted it to, since I honestly doubt even a shotgun blast at point blank range could have done any damage to it either.
After briefly being moved while the Salle des États was undergoing renovation this summer (fourteen years after its complete renovation concluded in 2005), the more than 15,000 visitors that come daily to admire Mona Lisa’s mysterious smile will again be able to see her in the restored room, protected behind a display case that has been technologically updated for the occasion.
First and foremost, the protective glass was completely replaced. The new pane weighs 600 kg, which is incredible in and of itself, but Goppion was able to design a glass that is extremely “light” to the human eye. The company worked to guarantee excellent visibility for the artwork: the glass vaunts optimum transparency and is equipped with the latest generation of anti-reflective technology. Thanks to studies conducted by Goppion in the fields of research and development, the company was able to maintain the original thickness of the glass whilst also making it stronger, safer and more suitable for conservation purposes.
A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum, and shouted at people to think of planet Earth.
"Think of the Earth. There are people who are destroying the Earth. Think about it. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That's why I did this."
The picture I really want is of the guy in the wheel chair wearing an old lady costume. If it is as absurd as I am imagining, I want to know what the staff & security guards were thinking.
The picture I really want is of the guy in the wheel chair wearing an old lady costume. If it is as absurd as I am imagining, I want to know what the staff & security guards were thinking.
Since the painting wasn't actually damaged, this seems both quite pointless and extremely funny.
Also answers the vital research question of whether the Mona Lisa is cake proof.
It is funny, but I still find it upsetting that someone would try to damage the painting in the first place. It seems profoundly selfish to attempt to damage this painting and deprive future generations from enjoying it for a quick cheap laugh.
I’m sure they knew that they wouldn’t actually damage the Mona Lisa, and this was purely performative/symbolic. Last time I was there, about a decade ago, the painting was behind a very obvious and incredibly thick protective glass wall. And based on the photos and videos of this event, it clearly still is. There is no way in hell that a thrown anything could have damaged it, even if they had wanted it to, since I honestly doubt even a shotgun blast at point blank range could have done any damage to it either.
See: https://www.goppion.com/journal/mona-lisa-returns-to-her-home-in-an-improved-high-tech-display-case-by-goppion-1
I saw something about it being a climate protest. I don’t see the connection though.
Yeah, I got nothing....
I would actually love to read this guy's manifesto
I think you just did?
Oh I mean like, a 50-page polemic on just how throwing a cake at the Mona Lisa while disguised as an old woman protests climate change.
Isn't a picture of cake thrown at the Mona Lisa worth a two page polemic (four if double sided)?
hm I guess a picture is worth a thousand words...
The picture I really want is of the guy in the wheel chair wearing an old lady costume. If it is as absurd as I am imagining, I want to know what the staff & security guards were thinking.
Let them eat cake? That’s the first thing I thought of, anyways.