French activists arrested at Louvre for placing stickers on Delacroix masterpiece

Two activists from Riposte Alimentaire were detained by French police at the Musée du Louvre in Paris on Wednesday after staging a protest in front of Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People (1830). The pair placed two stickers reading 'Résister est vital' on the painting while chanting demands for sustainable food social security, with video evidence posted to the group's social media accounts. Authorities charged the activists with 'wilful damage' following a formal complaint filed by museum representatives, though the 1830 painting itself sustained no harm. This incident follows the same organization's January action where soup was thrown on Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (1503) at the Louvre. Riposte Alimentaire describes itself as pursuing ecological and social transformation through establishing sustainable food security systems. The protest targeted one of France's most iconic revolutionary paintings during regular museum hours.