Man arrested for throwing cake at the Mona Lisa

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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 in a purported protest against artists not focusing enough on “the planet”.

Officials at the Louvre Museum in Paris, where the enigmatic portrait holds pride of place, declined to comment on the bizarre incident on Sunday, which was captured on several phones and circulated widely on social media.

The work by Leonardo da Vinci, which has been the target of vandalism attempts in the past, was unharmed thanks to its bulletproof glass case.

A Twitter user identified as Lukeee posted a video showing a museum employee wiping a mess off the glass and another showing a man dressed in white being escorted away by security guards.
 
Hopefully, the person, who threw a cake at the Mona Lisa, can get good psychiatric care in the psychiatric care home he was sent to, so he is less likely to commit crimes like vandalizing museum artwork and displays.
 
There's something else going on. Throwing a cake at a painting while spouting we need to focus on the planet, they all don't add up.
I too hope he gets some help.
 
Hmm. Maybe this looney was the one who came up with the idea of green energy too, but those people are magically free from being called insane as well.
 
Had no idea there was a glass casing around it. Now that I think about it, it makes a lot of sense to avoid crap like this but I never assumed it would something like that ^^;
 
Sharon said:
I don't understand. Why would one want to do this? I'm glad the artwork wasn't damaged in anyway.
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According to the article on this topic, the cake thrower was sent to a psychiatric care home, so I think he has a mental health illness which cause him to act badly by throwing a cake at the painting.
 
ZandraJoi said:
There's something else going on. Throwing a cake at a painting while spouting we need to focus on the planet, they all don't add up.
I too hope he gets some help.
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I'm sure it is just a crazy act (The guy looked the part) but attacking a popular item/place is the best way to get attention.
 
Sebitude said:
"purported protest against artists not focusing enough on “the planet”."

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
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To be fair, learning about human being artists from the past really isn't related to protecting the planet, even if the planet is fine regardless. Maybe a time machine to go back to a point where the painting was intact would be even worse for the environment. That is your rabbit hole for the day.
 
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