A French Court Acquits Four Anti-Colonial Activists Who Removed a Spear From a Museum, Saying the Gesture Counts as Free Speech

Naomi Rea, A French Court Acquits Four Anti-Colonial Activists Who Removed a Spear From a Museum, Saying the Gesture Counts as Free Speech, Artnet.news, Nov. 19, 2020.

“While prosecutor Nicolas Ruby recognized the political nature of the act, he stressed the need to sanction the group in order to deter similar actions in the future. “Otherwise, we will see Italians come to the Louvre to collect [Veronese’s] The Wedding Feast at Cana or the Egyptians leaving with the mummies,” he reportedly said.”