Paris: According to the prosecution, French officers on Saturday detained a culture activist who was staging a protest at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris.
The woman stuck a red sheet to the” Coquelicots” ( Poppy Field ) impressionist work and then glued her hands to the wall before she was detained, police said.
A Musee d’Orsay representative told AFP that a recovery specialist examined the artwork, which is covered in glass and had no permanent harm. The museum is once more completely accessible to the public.
However, the spokesperson stated that the most recent of a growing number of social attacks may result in a criminal complaint.
The woman, a member of the” Riposte Alimentaire” ( Food Response ) environmental group, was taken into custody for wilful damage, the Paris prosecution service said.
The person is seen draped the purple cloth over a field of crimson poppies in a video that was posted on X, the previous Twitter account.
In the film she warns of the “nightmarish” effects of global warming.
Monet’s artwork, completed in 1873, shows people with tents strolling in a blooming rose area and is part of a particular Musee d’Orsay show called” Paris 1874, Inventing Impressionism” that features 130 runs by 31 designers.
‘ We love arts’
Some of Monet’s works have sold for tens of millions of dollars, with his painting” Meules” (” Haystacks” ) fetching more than$ 110 million at auction in 2019.
In an effort to attract attention to the climate crisis and declining food quality, Riposte Alimentaire has claimed responsibility for a number of craft problems in France.
The” Mona Lisa” painting in the Louvre museum was thrown by two protesters from the organization in January. The masterpiece of Leonardo da Vinci is covered in bulletproof cup.
A Paris judge sentenced the adversaries to serving as volunteers for a charitable organization.
In 2022, a gentleman threw a pastry pizza at the Mona Lisa because, he said, artists were never focusing much on” the world”.
In February, Riposte Alimentaire hurled dish at another Monet mural,” Springtime”, in Lyon, south France.
The team’s protesters last month hung brochures around Eugene Delacroix’s decoration” Liberty Leading the People” in the Louvre.
In April, two people were arrested at the Musee d’Orsay, which is dedicated to 19th- era art, suspected of preparing an activity there.
The organization Rejoinder Alimentaire describes itself as a” French civil resistance movement that seeks to radicalize society and the environment.”
” We love art”, the activity has said,” but coming musicians will have nothing to paint on a losing world”.
Monet appears to be a favorite destination for climate activists abroad, too, with drawings by the Painter having recently come under attack in Potsdam, Germany, and in Stockholm.
