In Glass Onion, the Mona Lisa is a symbol for legacy. The painting serves as a moodboard for Bron's life, if you will, embodying the end goal he wants to achieve.

Still from Mona Lisa Beyond the Glass courtesy Emissive and HTC Vive Arts. “ Leonardo da Vinci ” runs October 24, 2019 through February 24, 2020 at the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Naomi Rea ...

A cake-throwing activist tried to damage the famous Mona Lisa in Paris but was thwarted by the painting’s glass case. Twitter/@klevisl007/via REUTERS ...

Activists pose after throwing soup at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum Jan. 28, 2024, after shouting slogans advocating for a sustainable food system. (AP Photo/Clement Lanot) ...

PARIS — Two climate activists hurled soup Sunday at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system.

Leonardo da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa now resides behind protective glass in the Louvre's most spacious gallery, amidst the clamor of lengthy queues of visitors vying for a selfie with the masterpiece.

Two protesters hurled soup at the protective glass in front of the Mona Lisa painting in the Louvre Museum in Paris on Jan. 28. (Video: Reuters) ...

But the Mona Lisa is a predictable target, Mr. Keller said. In 1911, it was stolen by three Italian handymen and recovered 28 months later. In the 1950s, a visitor attacked it with acid.

The “Mona Lisa” was the subject of attempted vandalism on Sunday when a visitor to the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris smeared frosting all over the Renaissance-era painting’s protective ...

In this grab taken from video, a view of the scene after activists hurled soup at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa, at the Louvre Museum, in Paris, Sunday. Jan. 28, 2024.