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A screenshot of Deborah de Robertis giving an interview to France 3 Paris TV after being acquitted of sexual exposure by a Paris court on 18 October 2017. Photo: Deborah De Robertis official on Facebook 

De Robertis spread her legs open in front of the “Mona Lisa” painting at the Louvre museum, shouting “Mona Lisa, ma chatte, mon copyright” (my pussy, my copyright) in September, according to the French newspaper Le Monde.

On Wednesday, the Tribunal correctionnel de Paris (Paris criminal court) ruled that it was an “artistic and activist act”.

She was, however, found guilty of biting the jacket of one of the museum’s security guards, and will be sentenced on Thursday, RTL reported.

The performance artist has previously been charged with exposure at several French museums, including at the Musee d’Orsay in 2014 and 2016.