France charges artist over MeToo graffiti on notorious painting

image

French authorities have charged the prominent French-Luxembourgish performance artist Deborah de Robertis over the spraying of the words “MeToo” on five artworks including a famous 19th-century painting of a woman’s vulva, a prosecutor said Monday.

De Robertis had claimed being behind the stunt in early May that targeted “The Origin of the World” by French artist Gustave Courbet, seen as the most explicit painting in 19th-century Western art.

This page requires Javascript.

Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

More from this section

Recommended for you

This post was originally published on this site be sure to check out more of their content.