Vandalism

The infamous duct tape-banana sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan is again in the news, this time as a South Korean student ate it. The incident occurred on Thursday, though the news was first reported only on Sunday. It happened at the Leeum…

The National Gallery of Australia announced that it will review 28 paintings by indigenous artists, after allegations of tampering by white art assistants. In early April, The Australian reported that works belonging to artists from the…

Brazil has shared the list of paintings that were damaged when protestors stormed government buildings on January 1. For background, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the Brazilian presidential elections last year, defeating incumbent…

Slime poured over a replica Egyptian mummy at a museum in Barcelona, while maple syrup was thrown at Emily Carr's painting in Vancouver. Over the last weekend, Futuro Vegetal – a Spanish climate activist group – targeted a mummy replica…

Two men, who defaced the 4000-years-old White River Narrows petroglyphs in 2019, have been sentenced to prison. The White River Narrows, located in Nevada near Las Vegas, is an ancient site listed under the National Register of Historic…

Days after vandalizing a Van Gogh painting for 'climate change', Just Stop Oil protestors have come to defend their actions in a video. In a video, which later when viral on TikTok and Twitter, Phoebe Plummer could be seen making a…

The Mona Lisa at Louvre was attacked by a climate change protestor with cake on Sunday, though the work was unscathed. The vandalism occurred on Sunday at the Louvre Museum in Paris, when it was bustling with visitors. A short video…

A group of ancient rock carvings at the Big Bend National Park in Texas was damaged by vandals in December, it was revealed last week. Authorities at the national park informed that the rocks were defaced with names and dates, like…

Rod Webber, the man who had vandalized the New York gallery of Hunter Biden on Friday, has been arrested. On Friday afternoon, Webber entered Georges Berges Gallery that represents President Joe Biden’s son. With a can of pink spray…

Two popular murals of street artist Banksy were defaced by unknown elements over the weakened, according to a report by New York Post. The two murals, The Gray Ghost and Umbrella Girl, have been in New Orleans since 2008. The Gray Ghost…