Op-Ed: Is smearing food on the ‘Mona Lisa’ a productive form of climate change protest?
The Guardian has a two-part article (and video) about the controversy over the artist’s alleged use and abuse of social media to promote climate change denial and promote the agenda of the Koch brothers. The first part, by Nick Miroff and Michael Mina, is about the Guardian’s claim that Mona Lisa is being promoted for her ability to spread global warming denial. And the second part, by Sam Knight and Patrick Kingsley, is about the alleged use of art to promote the agenda of fossil fuels by painting over the Mona Lisa during the climate crisis.
The Guardian has a two-part article (and video) about the controversy over the artist’s alleged use and abuse of social media to promote climate change denial and promote the agenda of the Koch brothers. The first part, by Nick Miroff and Michael Mina, is about the Guardian’s claim that Mona Lisa is being promoted for her ability to spread global warming denial. And the second part, by Sam Knight and Patrick Kingsley, is about the alleged use of art to promote the agenda of fossil fuels by painting over the Mona Lisa during the climate crisis.
Knight wrote:
The Mona Lisa was painted in the 15th century and it is on display in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, Italy.
In fact, the Mona Lisa has been painted and is on display in more than a century of museums across the world. In fact, the Mona Lisa has been painted and is on display in more than a century of museums across the world.
The Mona Lisa has adorned the walls of a building in Florence, Italy, a building where a man named Michelangelo lived. This man, this man who created the Mona Lisa, was commissioned by the Duke of Florence, known as the Medici, to paint the Mona Lisa. And in fact, the
