Barb Best | Hangry: Protest Food and Fine Art

Protesters are throwing messy food at classic art masterpieces to demand attention and action on climate change.

If it works for toddlers, why not for activists?

Tomato soup, mashed potatoes, sponge cake?

Mona Lisa ain’t smiling!

The logistics of such unpalatable deeds must be challenging.

How do you sneak a tureen of clam chowder or a banana cream pie into The Louvre?

In your underwear? Down your bra?

And what sloppy food goes well with a Monet, a Van Gogh? How ‘bout a Renoir or a Degas?

If so inclined (and you most definitely are not), which food would you pair with a famous painting?

THE KISS by Gustav Klimt
Chocolate pudding and cherries jubilee
THE SON OF MAN by René Magritte
Applesauce and spaghetti
ALMOND BLOSSOMS by Vincent van Gogh
Chile con carne and pink lemonade
NIGHTHAWKS by Edward Hopper
Draft beer and cocktail peanuts
AMERICAN GOTHIC by Grant Wood
Creamed corn and baked beans
GUERNICA by Pablo Picasso
Beef jerky and sangria
UMBRELLAS by Pierre Auguste Renoir
Chinese food! Fling the fried rice, hot and sour soup and Cong You Bing.
THE IRIS GARDEN AT GIVERNY by Claude Monet
Grapes, Goldfish crackers and brut Champagne
BIRTH OF VENUS by Sandro Botticelli
Oysters Rockefeller and deviled eggs
BALLET REHEARSAL by Edgar Degas
Carrot kale smoothie and celery juice
DOGS PLAYING POKER by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
Cheeseballs, peanut butter kisses and Scotch on the rocks

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63254878