Two people were arrested this Sunday at the entrance of the Orsay Museum in Paris, suspected of having searched damage several worksand belonging to this activist group for climate change awareness.
The suspects’ target was allegedly the painting “Les Coquelicots” (“The Poppies”), by Claude Monet, which can be seen in the Musée d’Orsay along with other outstanding impressionist works.
The two individuals They had a viscous, glue-like “white liquid”and they wore t-shirts with the mention Riposte Alimentaire, the name of the group dedicated to climate and food activism, according to sources consulted by the newspaper. Le Parisien.
Members of Riposte Alimentaire had caused an international scandal by throwing soup against the Mona Lisathe famous work of Leonardo Da Vinciat the Louvre and, just a few weeks later, they did the same against another work by Claude Monet, ‘Le printemps’ (Spring), exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon (eastern France).
The arrests occurred around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday in Paris.and the detainees will be charged with attempted destruction of cultural propertyas confirmed by the Prosecutor’s Office to the Parisian newspaper.
