Current Events > a guy threw cake at Mona Lisa's painting at the Louvre

(+) Yeah! (+)

luckily, it's protected by bulletproof glass, iirc

https://mobile.twitter.com/farokh/status/1531147366002216960

Even considering the legacy of the painting, am I supposed to be offended by this? :P

that is pure evil :(

I don't think the Mona Lisa is hurting the earth tbh

Thats because you dont know the truth.

Da Vinci is not killing the planet. If he was still alive, he'd probably know how to save it.

Smashingpmkns posted...

I don't think the Mona Lisa is hurting the earth tbh

Technically painting is bad for the environment, but nowhere near cars and other stuff iirc

This guy can shut the fuck up about NFTs

What flavor?

I blame their upbringing. The streets of West Clownadelphia are no place to learn proper clown values.

is it cakeproof tho

NFTs fix this

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/9/7/AAVdKdAADSCJ.jpg

Shotgunnova posted...

I blame their upbringing. The streets of West Clownadelphia are no place to learn proper clown values.

And people say that case is bad.

Obviously wrong with epic memes like this.

get caked

bump

That painting is worth objectively more than most peoples' lives, my own included.

Remi Gaillard is going hardcore with the pranks nowadays.

CRON posted...

That painting is worth objectively more than most peoples' lives, my own included.

Art is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. And honestly, the majority of art deals are probably just money laundering schemes so it's a hyper inflated market.

There are precious few things that elevate humanity beyond the status of a particularly-successful virus. Our art history is one of those things. In this context, I have nothing but contempt for iconoclasts.

The Mona Lisa is controlling our minds and the only thing that can stop her is cake.

they just mad that the Mona Lisa is actually worth something and their horny bored monkey NFT isnt.

oh yea, sorry about the NFT thing; it was the first link that popped up with some kinda video.

Old NoiseTank posted...

they just mad that the Mona Lisa is actually worth something and their horny bored monkey NFT isnt.

Oh, it was Seth Green throwing cake in the Louvre?

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

"IT WAS A TRANS MAN"

Nyuck Nyuck

You are killing me, SMALs.

This is why we can't have nice things

The Mona Lisa was the subject of attempted vandalism on Sunday when a visitor to the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris smeared frosting all over the Renaissance-era painting's protective glass.
The man, who appeared to wear a wig on videos of the incident shared on social media, had the cake with him, according to CNN's affiliate BFTMV.

He approached the painting in a wheelchair, according to a statement from the Louvre. Videos of the aftermath show him on foot with a wheelchair nearby.
"A visitor simulated a disability in order to use a wheelchair to approach the work, which was installed in a secure display case. The Louvre applied its usual procedures for people with reduced mobility, allowing them to admire this major work of art," the statement noted.
"While standing near the painting, this individual threw a pastry he had hidden in his personal belongings at the Mona Lisa's glass case. This act had no effect on the painting, which was not damaged in any way."

The man, 36, was arrested and taken to a psychiatric infirmary in the police headquarters, according to the Paris prosecutor's office. An investigation has been opened by the prosecutor for "the attempt of damaging a cultural property." The Louvre has filed a complaint.
In a video published by a museum-goer on Twitter, the man is heard saying in French, "Think of planet Earth, there are people destroying it," while security escorts the man, with rose petals scattered on the floor of the museum.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/mona-lisa-louvre-cake-attack/index.html

Morba Lisa

Looks like someone was finally brave enough to creampie Mona Lisa.

Ban wheelchairs

HylianFox posted...

Ban wheelchairs

Not as easy as it sounds. The NWA are in all the politicians pockets.

how is Mona Lisa killing the planet exactly? is she like an ultimate life force that destroys every single living being or something?

ZevLoveDOOM posted...

how is Mona Lisa killing the planet exactly? is she like an ultimate life force that destroys every single living being or something?

My assumption is that the act of vandalizing the painting was supposed to be juxtaposed with the destruction that we as a species have inflicted on the planet. Everyone is outraged about this work of art being attacked (justifiably so, imo) but there is no similar reaction to the attacks on nature we enable every day, and the current collapse of biodiversity we are experiencing as a result.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/6/6/AAYm74AADSJe.jpg

A guy dressed as a old woman in a wheel chair threw cake at the Mona Lisa at the louvre. media reports as saying that the man got up from the chair, and attempted to smash the bulletproof glass of the painting. Failing to do so, he proceeded to smear cake on the glass and then threw roses around the painting before he was tackled by museum security.

MrToothHasYou posted...

My assumption is that the act of vandalizing the painting was supposed to be juxtaposed with the destruction that we as a species have inflicted on the planet. Everyone is outraged about this work of art being attacked (justifiably so, imo) but there is no similar reaction to the attacks on nature we enable every day, and the current collapse of biodiversity we are experiencing as a result.

so you're saying the act of vandalizing itself was art?

that's actually an interesting way to look at it, ngl. >_>

Ratchetrockon posted...

that is pure evil :(

Lol no

g0ldie posted...

The man, who appeared to wear a wig on videos of the incident shared on social media, had the cake with him, according to CNN's affiliate BFTMV.

At least we know he didn't buy it from the cake shop in the Louvre.

Mona Lisa must've had the highway blues/you can tell by the way she smiles

Definitely getting his message across.

Mona Lisa is too skinny, feed her cake!

Any word on what the God of France will charge him with and what punishment he stands to get if convicted?

The Mona Lisa is worth 1 billion dollars. Can you imagine how crazy it would've been if they didn't have the protective glass and the cake smeared on the actual art? Lol

Historically speaking, trying to force people in France to eat cake ends very badly.

Just goes to show that you can have your cake and yeet it, too.

DrizztLink posted...

Historically speaking, trying to force people in France to eat cake ends very badly.

aktually it's a fake quote and even if real, she wasn't saying to force them to eat it.

Silly u!

I thought they always put a display copy of the painting out in public and kept the real real thing in high security storage

Kloe_Rinz posted...

I thought they always put a display copy of the painting out in public and kept the real real thing in high security storage

Don't think so. Who wants to go to a museum and see a replica? You can just look at that online