French-Luxembourgish performance artist Deborah de Robertis says she organised the stunt, after which two people were arrested
Two women have sprayed the words “MeToo” on a 19th-century painting of a woman’s vagina by French artist Gustave Courbet in a stunt by a performance artist, a museum and the artist said.
“The Origin of the World”, a nude painted from 1866, was protected by a “glass pane” and the police were on site to assess the damage, the Centre Pompidou in the north-eastern city of Metz told AFP on Monday.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/07/gustave-courbet-vagina-painting-vandalised-metoo-graffiti
Author : Agence France-Presse
Publish date : 2024-05-07 03:18:08
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