<p><strong>Photo Credit:&nbsp;</strong>smerikal, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons</p>
<p>Recently, two protesters threw soup at the "Mona Lisa" painting in Paris, but it was kept safe by its glass case.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Since then The environmental organization Riposte Alimentaire, which translates roughly to "Food Response," said that the incident was the work of two demonstrators who were part of its campaign.</p>
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<p>This type of protesting isn't something new, as many times throughout history activists tried to vandalize a piece of art at a museum in order to highlight the grave threat that climate change poses.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Here are 3 examples of similar cases:</span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Van Gogh's "Sunflowers"</strong></span></p>
<p>In October 2022,&nbsp;at the London National Gallery, activists from "Just Stop Oil" have spilled tomato soup on a painting by Vincent van Gogh titled "Sunflowers".</p>
<p>The activists&nbsp;glued themselves to the wall underneath the artwork is considered one of the most significant artifacts in the museum, and they said "What is worth more, art or life?&nbsp;The cost of living crisis is part of the cost of oil crisis, fuel is unaffordable to millions of cold, hungry families. They can&rsquo;t even afford to heat a tin of soup.&rdquo;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Claude Monet's "Les Meules"</strong></span></p>
<p>Similar to the "Sunflower" incident, two activists hurled mashed potatoes at Claude Monet's "Les Meules" and then glued themselves underneath the painting at the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany.&nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">We make this <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Monet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Monet</a> the stage and the public the audience.<br /><br />If it takes a painting &ndash; with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MashedPotatoes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MashedPotatoes</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TomatoSoup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TomatoSoup</a> thrown at it &ndash; to make society remember that the fossil fuel course is killing us all:<br /><br />Then we'll give you <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MashedPotatoes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MashedPotatoes</a> on a painting! <a href="https://t.co/HBeZL69QTZ">pic.twitter.com/HBeZL69QTZ</a></p>
&mdash; Letzte Generation (@AufstandLastGen) <a href="https://twitter.com/AufstandLastGen/status/1584185689541054464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
<p>Later on the activist group "Last Generation", claimed their responsibility for the incident and posted on their social media a post that says, "We make this Monet the stage and the public the audience. If it takes a painting with mashed potatoes or tomato soup thrown at it to make society remember that the fossil fuel course is killing us all Then we'll give you mashed potatoes on a painting!"</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Bansky's "Girl With Balloon"</strong></span></p>
<p>The enigmatic and elusive street artist, Banksy, who is known for his unexpected and provocative behaviors.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In 2018, Banksy self-vandalized his own painting, "Girl With Balloon", when it was auctioned&nbsp;at Sotheby&rsquo;s London, where it was sold for $1.4 million, but after a few seconds, the painting started to shred itself while sliding outside of the painting.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>later on, the artist even posted a video, in which he showed how he built the shredder inside the frame of the painting.&nbsp;</p>
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