Two Riposte Alimentaire activists arrested after protest at the Louvre

On its website, Riposte Alimentaire calls for a sustainable supply of healthy food for all through a series of proposals including monthly food cards, a transformation of the country’s agricultural model and “ensuring a decent life” for farmers.

The group is part of a larger coalition of protest organizations known as the A22 movement. This includes Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil, two groups whose members have repeatedly made headlines for sticking themselves to works of art or throwing food or paint at notable works of art in museums.

The two people were accused of “intentional damage” and a museum representative filed a police report, a report said Le Monde.

A spokesman for the Louvre said this Agence France Presse that the great work of art suffered no damage.

Freedom leads the people was recently unveiled and put back on display by the museum on May 2nd after six months of restoration work. The museum’s press release states that it is “probably the most famous painting in the Louvre since then.” The Mona LisA.”

Members of Riposte Alimentaire have also expressed their support for the protests of famous artists in Museee de Beaux-Arts in February and at the Louvre in January. Activists threw soup at Claude Monet’s 1872 work Le Printemps (Spring) and on Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa.

The Louvre Museum and Ripost Alimentaire did not immediately respond to requests for comment ARTnews.