There is no peace for the Louvre’s security system, which has registered yet another breach in recent hours. Last Nov. 13, two young men of Belgian nationality posted on their widely followed social channels a video showing that they had managed to hang one of their works inside the museum, placing it in the Salle des États, the one where the Mona Lisa is located: in the video, one of the two can be seen (the other filming him with a cell phone camera) hanging his and his friend’s portrait behind the wall on which the Mona Lisa is placed, right next to Paris Bordon’s Flora .
The two, identified as Neal Reemerie and Senne Haverbeke, said they carried out this feat with the specific intent of calling for enhanced security measures, especially in the wake of the recent jewelry theft last Oct. 19. The entire operation, including entering the Louvre and going through the security gate, was filmed and disseminated on their social channels. In order to evade entry controls (where all visitors must undergo metal detectors and X-ray bag scanning), the two showed that they had put a frame in a small paper bag that could be assembled using Lego bricks. And that’s what they did once they entered, in front of the Pyramid: assembled the frame, they put their portrait in it, which they rolled up and let in. Reaching the exhibition hall, the two content creators quickly installed their portrait on a wall, taking care not to be seen by the security staff.
Although the initial intention was to place the painting right next to the Mona Lisa, they had to give up due to theexcessive presence of security personnel. They therefore displayed the work on another wall, but within the same exhibition hall. The young people commented in the video that although they had not been able to hang it exactly where they wanted, the work was still placed in the same room. The action took place about an hour before closing, when visitors were already beginning to leave the room.
This was not the first stunt for the pair; they had previously staged a similar prank at the Hent Museum of Art in Belgium. Also, at the end of May, the two had distinguished themselves by hiding in the bathroom of the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, Germany, for 27 hours, thus managing to watch the Champions League final for free. No comment has yet come from the museum.
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