Deborah de Robertis preparing to recreate Edouard Manet’s Olympia (1863) at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris (foto Vivien Deleuze) French Court Sides with Artist Who Exhibited her Vagina at the Louvre, Deeming It Non Sexual The artist objects to what she calls the ‘Depoliticization‘ of her genitals. French Luxembourgish performance artist Deborah De Robertis has been cleared of Sexual Exhibitionism charges by Paris’s High Court. Deborah de Robertis being forcibly removed from the Salle Mona Lisa on April 15, 2017 (foto Fabienne Costa) The artist defended herself at a trial on Tuesday, October 18, after a Complaint was filed by the Louvre regarding a controversial performance carried out in front of the Mona Lisa on September 24, which saw De Robertis expose her Genitals. The Court ruled her Actions did not constitute Public Exposure due to the absence of “The material Element of the Crime,” which is to say that spectators could not actually see her Genitals because of her Pubic Hair. The Court also acknowledged that the Motivation for the Offense was Non Sexual in Nature. “The Court has no legitimacy in deciding what is or is not art,” De Robertis asserted when speaking to Artnet News, “but it … Meer lezen over Naomi Rea – French Court Sides with Artist Who Exhibited Her Vagina at the Louvre, Deeming It Non Sexual