Lady Gaga’s Lipstick Stunt with Mona Lisa Shocks Fans

• Lady Gaga made headlines by painting a lipstick smile on the protective glass in front of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum.
• The act was a promotional stunt for the Louvre’s new exhibition, “Figures of the Fool”, and the new “Joker” movie, in which Lady Gaga stars.
• The Louvre clarified that an additional screen had been put up for the video, and the act serves as a homage to Leonardo da Vinci.
• This event highlights the evolving relationship between art and popular culture, and how they can come together to create memorable moments.

In a recent, unexpected turn of events, the world-renowned pop icon, Lady Gaga, has made headlines with her unique interaction with the Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings in the world. The event took place in the Louvre Museum, Paris, where the singer came face to face with the iconic masterpiece. In a video clip released on Wednesday, Lady Gaga can be seen planting a lipstick smile on the protective glass in front of the Mona Lisa, a move that has sparked conversations worldwide.

The video, which was released on Lady Gaga’s Instagram and TikTok accounts, shows the singer creeping through the Paris museum at night, donning a red wig and singing a song composed specifically for the video. The climax of the clip sees Lady Gaga standing nose-to-nose with the Mona Lisa before painting a clownish smile in lipstick on the protective glass in front of it. As she steps back, a black mascara tear drops from the star’s eye, adding a dramatic touch to the scene.

This act was not a random act of vandalism but a promotional stunt for the Louvre’s new exhibition, Figures of the Fool, which is set to open next month. The exhibition shares its opening timeline with the new Joker movie, in which Lady Gaga stars. The singer channeled her Harley Quinn character from the movie to add a touch of lipstick vandalism to Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece.

Art Meets Pop Culture

The video has raised concerns about encouraging such gestures at a time when paintings are regularly being attacked in museums by climate activists. However, the Louvre has insisted that the video is purely fictional and serves as a homage to Leonardo da Vinci, who was famously obsessed with the smile. The museum further clarified that an additional screen had been put up for the video in front of the 3.8-centimeter-thick bulletproof one that protects the canvas.

The lipstick smile is a reference to a key scene in The Joker: Folie a Deux, where Harley Quinn visits the Joker, her criminal soulmate, in jail. The Louvre worked in collaboration with Warner Bros Pictures, the Hollywood studio that produced the movie, to shoot the video in the museum.

The Louvre: A Playground for Stars

This is not the first time the Louvre has been a playground for stars. In 2016, rapper and producer Will.i.am put himself into some of the museum’s best-known paintings for his animated video for Mona Lisa Smile, including taking the reins of Napoleon’s white charger. Two years later, Beyonce and Jay-Z filmed their clip Apeshit, using Gericault’s iconic The Raft of the Medusa, the Mona Lisa, and the coronation of Napoleon to make some pithy points about black people’s place, and the lack of it, in classical art history.

More recently, the Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, created a buzz with its images of a private visit given to singer Celine Dion before she sang at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in July.

In conclusion, Lady Gaga’s recent interaction with the Mona Lisa is a unique blend of art, pop culture, and promotion. It serves as a reminder of the evolving relationship between art and popular culture, and how the two can come together to create something truly memorable. As we look forward to the opening of the Figures of the Fool exhibition and the release of the new Joker movie, it will be interesting to see what other surprises are in store.