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  • French Protesters Throw Soup at Monet Painting in Lyon

    02/13/2024 7:35:27 AM PST · by Red Badger · 51 replies
    hyperallergic.com ^ | 12 February 2024 | Rhea Nayyar
    “This spring will be the only one we have left if we don’t react,” said activists who targeted the protective glass on Monet’s “Le Printemps.” Ilona and Sophie of Riposte Alimentaire standing beside Claude Monet’s “Le Printemps” (1880) after souping it on Saturday, February 10 (image courtesy Riposte Alimentaire via Flickr) Just two weeks after souping the protective glass covering the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris, Riposte Alimentaire (“Food Counterattack”) took to the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon for another demonstration targeting Claude Monet’s “Le Printemps” (1880) on Saturday, February 10. At around 3:30pm local time, two young...
  • Disney unleashes a star-spangled riposte to Moore

    07/01/2004 10:40:16 AM PDT · by MadIvan · 92 replies · 238+ views
    The Financial Times ^ | July 1, 2004 | Holly Yeager & Peter Thal Larsen
    Walt Disney, which refused to distribute Michael Moore's controversial Fahrenheit 9/11, is using the Fourth of July holiday to launch a feelgood feature film about the American people. Borrowing a tactic from the grassroots campaign that made Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ a surprise hit, the media giant has used early screenings for select groups and is encouraging people to "spread the word" about the patriotic film, with invitations, posters, and guidelines for group outings on its website. America's Heart & Soul, which opens today on 100 screens across the US, offers a flag-draped look at the country....