Delacroix Liberty painting defaced in Louvre

[DrLeftover]

French police have detained a woman accused of defacing an iconic Delacroix painting, Liberty Leading The People, at a branch of the Louvre Museum.

She was held after being seen scrawling a graffiti tag on the painting, a Romantic masterpiece painted in 1830 to celebrate a French uprising.



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French media quoted unnamed legal sources as saying the graffito was a clear reference to a 9/11 conspiracy theory.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21380562

 

[Evil Eye]

Can't they just post it on Facebook instead of writing it on a painting?



More people would see it...

 

[Jazzy]

I'm surprised they allow visitors to get that close to a painting. I would think the barrier would be higher or perhaps they need more guards?

 

[DrLeftover]

Can't they just post it on Facebook instead of writing it on a painting?



More people would see it...

I'm surprised they allow visitors to get that close to a painting. I would think the barrier would be higher or perhaps they need more guards?

They're French.

 

[Evil Eye]

They're French.

Very well then.