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On this week’s art crime blotter: an art analysis assignment gets a teacher suspended, new reality TV show allegedly glorifies 'grave-robbing,' and Justin Bieber climbs a Mayan ruin and pulls his pants down.
Vandalism
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On this week’s art crime blotter: vandals attack Jackie Chan's sculptures in Taiwan, Abe Lincoln's hand goes missing from Illinois museum, and an advertising student claims an agency ripped off his poster design.
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On this week’s art crime blotter: photos of same-sex couples are vandalized, Justin Bieber's street stencil campaign irks San Francisco, and a man wearing a panda hat steals art from a King Kong fast food restaurant.
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On this week’s art crime blotter: a photographer sued Jeff Koons over a painting from 1986, an art thief tagged the artist in an Instagram post of his loot, and Nicolas Cage agreed to return a stolen dinosaur skull.
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On this week’s art crime blotter: Ukrainian militias flood the market with stolen paintings, a museum security guard is sacked for on-the-job vandalism, and a British art forger does it for love.
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On this week’s art crime blotter: a cow sculpture gets tipped, Warhol prints get ripped, and Lil Wayne's collection gets raided.
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On this week’s art crime blotter: teens take (and immediately return) a Mr. Brainwash sculpture, Kimye's pastor appropriates Wynwood street art murals, and a shark photographer goes after the new Steve Jobs biopic.
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On this week’s art crime blotter: refugees reject Banksy's gesture, Hobby Lobby family investigated for Iraqi loot acquisition, and art that looks like trash gets tossed.
In Brief
Christopher Columbus Statue Gets an Axe to the Face
Someone in Detroit celebrated Columbus Day this year by taping an ax to a bust commemorating the explorer, splashing on some red paint for full dramatic effect.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week's art crime blotter: vandals tag a Munich museum with swastikas, hunters venture onto Texan museum's grounds, and a public sculpture is mysteriously beheaded.
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On this week’s art crime blotter: a trucker took down an Antony Gormley statue, vandals hammered a shiny public sculpture, and a Swiss dealer got in trouble for selling stolen Picassos to a Russian billionaire.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Warhols go missing in Los Angeles, a papier-mâché cat goes up in flames, and vandals attack a dystopian equestrian sculpture.