PARIS — Paris 2024 organisers apologised on Sunday (July 28) to Catholics and other Christian groups angered by a kitsch tableau in the Olympic Games opening ceremony that appeared to parody Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' painting.
Paris 2024 organisers apologised over a kitsch tableau in the Olympic Games opening ceremony.PARIS — Paris 2024 organisers apologised on Sunday to Catholics and other Christian groups angered by a kitsch tableau in the Olympic Games opening ceremony that appeared to parody Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" painting.
Thomas Jolly, the artistic director behind the flamboyant opening ceremony, said the scene had not been inspired by "The Last Supper" and depicted a pagan feast linked to the gods of Olympus. "An apology means recognising a mistake, recognising that you deliberately did something to harm, which was not the case," Bardin said.
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