Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa was smeared with cake at the weekend by a man in a woman's wig who jumped out of a wheelchair and said artists should focus more on the ...

In 2005, it was placed in a reinforced case that also controls temperature and humidity. Think of the planet." "A man dressed as an old lady jumps out of a wheelchair and attempted to smash the bulletproof glass of the Mona Lisa. Then proceeds to smear cake on the glass and throws roses everywhere, all before being tackled by security," Lukeee wrote.

The Mona Lisa was left shaken but unharmed on Sunday when a visitor to the Louvre tried to smash the glass protecting the world's most famous painting ...

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The Mona Lisa was attacked but unharmed when a visitor to the Louvre in Paris tried to smash the glass protecting the world's most famous painting before ...

“Think of the Earth, people are destroying the Earth,” the man said in French in another video that showed him being led away by security from the Paris gallery. “[He] then proceeds to smear cake on the glass, and throws roses everywhere before being tackled by security.” The man, whose identity was unknown, was also seen throwing roses in the museum gallery.

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 ...

It was also damaged in an acid attack perpetrated by a vandal in the 1950s, and has since been kept behind glass. Guards were then filmed cleaning the cake from the glass. An investigation has been opened into the damage of cultural artifacts.

Paris, May 30 (EFE).- Punters at the Paris Louvre museum were left stunned when a man disguised as a woman in a wheelchair smeared cake over the glass ...

It is not the first time the Mona Lisa has been attacked. Several videos posted by visitors on social media appear to show a man in a wheelchair, wearing a wig and a cap being escorted out of the gallery by security personnel while the alleged vandal shouted: “Think of the earth, artists think of the Earth. There are people who are destroying the planet. Think of the Earth.”

Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1517.

After a successful theft, he managed to keep it hidden in his apartment for two years, and was only caught when he tried to contact an Italian dealer, who alerted Giovanni Poggi, the then director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The painting was subsequently restored. Discovered in 2012, the much brighter version at the Museo del Prado in Madrid is believed to have been painted by one of da Vinci’s main assistants, Melzi or Salai, at the same time as the master. It was the work of Italian handyman Vincenzo Peruggia, who had been hired to design a glass case for the work. It has been a subject of numerous studies. In 1956, a vandal threw acid on the painting causing some damage to it while it was on display in Montauban, France. That same year in December, a South American tourist hurled a rock at it at the Louvre museum causing the glass to shatter, and the paint to chip a little.

He has been referred to a police psychiatric unit following the apparent climate-related incident at the Louvre in Paris, Vincent Plumas, press manager for the ...

In 1956, in two separate incidents, it was hit by acid and a rock, after which the painting was encased in glass to prevent further damage. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That’s why I did this,” according to the Associated Press. The painting remained unharmed, Louvre spokesperson Nadia Refsi said in an emailed statement confirming the incident.

Video posted on social media shows security guards at the Louvre Museum escorting the man away Sunday as he spoke in French about the planet. "Think of the ...

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PARIS, May 30 (Reuters) - The Mona Lisa was left shaken but unharmed on Sunday when a visitor to the Louvre tried to smash the glass protecting the world's ...

“(He) then proceeds to smear cake on the glass, and throws roses everywhere before being tackled by security.” Another video posted on social media showed the same staffer finishing cleaning the pane while another attendant removes a wheelchair from in front of the Da Vinci masterpiece. “Maybe this is just nuts to me…,” posted the author of a video of the incident’s aftermath that shows a Louvre staffer cleaning the glass.

The Mona Lisa was smeared with cake by a man who was protesting climate change. The painting was not damaged.

In 2009, a Russian woman threw a teacup at the painting. There have been attempts periodically to vandalize the Leonardo painting, sometimes in protest of various issues. Think of the planet.”

A 36-year-old man has been arrested and placed in psychiatric care after he smeared a glass screen encasing the Mona Lisa with cake, prosecutors said Monday ...

In 2005, it was placed in a reinforced case that also controls temperature and humidity. Think of the planet." PARIS - A 36-year-old man has been arrested and placed in psychiatric care after he smeared a glass screen encasing the Mona Lisa with cake, prosecutors said Monday, in a purported protest against artists not focusing enough on "the planet".

PARIS (AP) — A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa on Sunday at the Louvre ...

Officials at the Louvre weren't immediately available for comment. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That’s why I did this.” The man, whose identity was unknown, was also seen throwing roses in the museum gallery on Sunday.

The cake attack left a conspicuous white creamy smear on the glass but the famous work by Leonardo da Vinci wasn't damaged. Security guards were filmed ...

Officials at the Louvre weren’t immediately available for comment. The man, whose identity was unknown, was also seen throwing roses in the museum gallery on Sunday. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That’s why I did this.”

A wigged man smudged cake all over the Mona Lisa to persuade individuals to think about the earth at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.

The Mona Lisa, an Italian Renaissance half-length portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci, is regarded as a quintessential masterpiece. A video showed art enthusiasts holding their phones and photographing the stained glass. In the video the cake is smeared across the glass behind which the Mona Lisa sits. According to reports, a man dressed as an elderly woman in a wheelchair leapt up and tossed cake at the famed painting, frightening spectators. The damage of Michelangelo's Pietà by Laszlo Toth is perhaps one of the most well-known examples. An "old woman" jumped out of her wheelchair at the Louvre Museum in Paris to smear cake on the Mona Lisa artwork.

A climate activist dressed up as a woman in a wig on a mobility scooter and smeared cake on the Mona Lisa painting.

It also recalls that monitoring national collections is at the heart of their missions,” a spokesperson for the museum said. This got the unidentified man closer than most, and as he neared Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa painting he jumped out and attempted to smash the glass. “The museum salutes the professionalism of its agents who reacted immediately during this incident.

Disruption can change policies. Last week, a climate activist threw a pastry at the Mona Lisa. It is not clear who was targeted, why would the target care, ...

Their careful selection of protest tactics and clearly articulated demands could change the calculus of the disrupted actors (JP Morgan Chase and the banking industry in general) and motivate them to adopt new climate policies. The target of the latest scientists’ protest—JP Morgan Chase—is clear. For example, by naming and shaming JP Morgan Chase, protesters have imposed reputational costs on the bank and this might motivate it to stop funding fossil fuel projects. We speculate it was something along the following lines: a dramatic act will draw public attention to climate issues and create demand for climate action. Who is the target and why should they respond to my protests? Many are frustrated by the lack of progress and want to put pressure on policymakers to act decisively.

A 36-year-old man has been arrested and placed in psychiatric care after he smeared a glass screen encasing the famous Mona Lisa with cake, in a purported ...

In 2005, it was placed in a reinforced case that also controls temperature and humidity. Think of the planet." A 36-year-old man has been arrested and placed in psychiatric care after he smeared a glass screen encasing the famous Mona Lisa with cake, in a purported protest against artists not focusing enough on "the planet."

A 36-year-old man has been arrested and placed in psychiatric care after he smeared a glass screen encasing the famous Mona Lisa with cake, in a purported ...

In 2005, it was placed in a reinforced case that also controls temperature and humidity. Think of the planet." A 36-year-old man has been arrested and placed in psychiatric care after he smeared a glass screen encasing the famous Mona Lisa with cake, in a purported protest against artists not focusing enough on "the planet."

The painting has been hit with a rock and a tea cup, and this week, it was caked.

“The truth is that the Louvre needs to consider moving the Mona Lisa to its own gallery, at a safe distance from other works,” Jonathan Jones wrote in the Guardian. Ultimately, the Louvre did just that, partially in an effort to stem lines of people that had been spilling over, and in 2019, the glass on the Mona Lisa was upgraded. The Mona Lisa has rarely ever left the Louvre, which may explain why 1.15 million people reportedly saw the painting when it traveled to the National Museum in Tokyo. One of those people was Tomoko Yonezu, a 25-year-old Japanese woman who tried to spray paint the canvas in red on its first day on view. Ultimately, in 1975, Yonezu was convicted of a misdemeanor and made to pay a fine of 3,000 yen, although her act bore fruit, as the National Museum set aside a day when the disabled could exclusively visit the Mona Lisa. Part of the reason the Mona Lisa is known worldwide is because of its theft in 1911 by the Italian handyman Vincenzo Peruggia. That year, Peruggia and two others stowed themselves away in a closet of the Louvre, hung around until the museum closed, and then took the painting, which at the time was considered a minor work by Leonardo, with them, hopping on a train out of Paris. As the theft gained more and more press, both within France and outside it, Peruggia held on to the work, at one point stashing it beneath the floorboards of his Paris apartment. In 1956 alone, two vandals tried to use a razor blade and a rock to defile it on separate occasions. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa may be one of the most beloved artworks in the world.