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Police investigate after Berlin culture senator’s home attacked with red paint
Joe Chialo has come under fire from artists and pro-Palestinian factions over state policies
Florida man pleads guilty to bombing satirical statue of Lenin and Mao
A lawyer from Florida drove to San Antonio, Texas, in an apparent attempt to destroy a 21ft-tall sculpture critiquing the Chinese Communist Party
Shahzia Sikander says she will not fix statue that was beheaded in Houston
In a Washington Post op-ed, the artist wrote she wants to leave the sculpture damaged to show the “fissures in our country”
‘An act of violent aggression’: Anne Imhof billboards destroyed in Austria
Works bearing the phrase “Wish You Were Gay” have been vandalised in the city of Bregenz
Art damaged during Brazil’s 2023 insurrection almost fully restored
The National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage expects the restoration project to conclude in December
Mio dio—tourist gets amorous with Bacchus statue in Florence
Art critic Vittorio Sgarbi says though that the act is ‘non-erotic’
Shahzia Sikander statue promoting women's justice at University of Houston beheaded
In the shadow of anti-abortion protests lambasting the artist's sculpture as "Satanic", Sikander's bronze 2023 work 'Witness' was beheaded early Monday morning
Zurich's Bernheim Gallery and legendary Cabaret Voltaire, the birthplace of Dada, sprayed with anti-Israel graffiti
The vandalism on Friday coincided with Zurich Art Weekend
‘Blasphemous’ painting of Jesus slashed, artist attacked at exhibition in Italian church
A petition calling for the removal of Andrea Saltini’s painting, which appears to depict the lifeless figure of Jesus receiving oral sex, garnered more than 30,000 signatures
Police investigating Pro-Palestine protesters’ vandalism of painting at Cambridge University
A pair of activists sprayed and slashed the work depicting Arthur Balfour, whose 1917 letter advocated the creation of a ‘national home for the Jewish people’ in Palestine
Stalin religious icon splattered with paint in Georgia
The work in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi depicts St Matrona of Moscow, a visionary and healer, blessing the Soviet dictator
Caught red-handed: climate activist pleads guilty to defacing Degas exhibit at National Gallery of Art
Joanna Smith faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine
Michelangelo Pistoletto donates new version of public installation to Naples following arson attack
The original version of the artist's Venus of the Rags was set alight only two weeks after being installed outside the city's town hall
Two German tourists arrested for allegedly defacing Vasari Corridor in Florence
The characters DKS1860—referring to the football team 1860 Munich—were spray-painted on seven outdoor columns under the famous Italian landmark
Man arrested in connection with Pistoletto suspected arson attack
A sculpture by Michelangelo Pistoletto was destroyed by fire in Naples on Wednesday
Monet painting attacked with red paint and glue in Stockholm is undamaged, Nationalmuseum says
The museum is in contact with the owner, Musée d’Orsay, about reinstalling Le jardin de l’artiste à Giverny in its exhibition
Twitter titters at vandalised Roman sitter—was it a child who did it?
A 230-year-old statue of a water nymph was scrawled over in blue ink
Sculpture of Black woman—spray painted white by vandals—cleaned up by UK seaside community
Work by Tschabalala Self will have to undergo professional restoration
Climate protestors attack Degas sculpture at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
A man and a woman have daubed red and black paint on the display case containing 'Little Dancer'
‘The value of what was destroyed is incalculable’: Brazilian authorities assess artworks damaged by rioting Bolsonaro supporters
An extensive report chronicles the state of objects in the national collection following the riot in Brasília on 8 January
Why is Van Gogh under attack?
Vincent’s best-loved paintings are singled out by climate protestors
Two men sentenced to prison time for vandalising Nevada petroglyphs
The White River Narrows, located around two hours north of Las Vegas, is known for its various petroglyph galleries that date back around 4,000 years
Man arrested after attacking ancient sculptures at Vatican Museums in Italy
The 65-year-old tourist reportedly told museum staff he wanted to see the Pope before throwing the Roman busts to the ground
'He’s burning his art why can’t I?': Artist smashes plates and sets fire to book at Damien Hirst’s NFT show opening
Russian guard who doodled eyes on $1m painting sentenced as scrutiny of museum intensifies
Aleksandr Vasiliev had used a ballpoint pen to draw eyes on the stylised figures in a painting by avant-garde artist Anna Leporskaya
Ancient ‘Hellgate’ pictographs irreparably vandalised in Montana
The pictographs are nominated for listing in the US National Register of Historic Places
Roadside sculpture in Georgia—which some believed to be a satanic monument—demolished following early-morning bombing
The 16ft-tall structure, sometimes referred to as "America’s Stonehenge", was built in 1980 and inscribed with a ten-part message that may have been meant to help survivors of an apocalyptic event rebuild society
Texas man, mad at his girlfriend, breaks into Dallas Museum of Art and wrecks works
The man destroyed three ancient Greek vessels, a Caddo sculpture and several other objects
Mona Lisa smeared with cake by man ‘dressed as old lady in wheelchair’
"There are people who are destroying the planet, that's why I did it," the vandal said
Ilya Repin's chilling painting of Ivan the Terrible—vandalised in 2018 by a drunk man with a metal pole—goes back on show at Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery
The work was temporarily rehung for press, but the public will have to wait until a bulletproof "protective capsule" can be installed