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Vandalism by Casey Nocket at Crater Lake (photo via calipidder.com)
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Hiker’s Poor Paintings on National Parkland Pique Feds

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton October 23, 2014

A hiker who has been painting portraits on cliffs, rocks, and slopes at national parks in the western United States and posting images of the acrylic compositions on social media is now the subject of a National Park Service (NPS) investigation.

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Another Vandal Hits Jeff Koons Retrospective

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian October 19, 2014October 22, 2014

Last night, a graffiti writer identified by the New York Times as Christopher Johnson, 33, of Manhattan, vandalized a fourth floor wall of the Jeff Koons retrospective at the Whitney Museum of Art.

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NYC Photo Exhibition Vandalized, Curator Attacked

by Mostafa Heddaya October 3, 2014October 8, 2014

Three individuals were involved in an attack on an exhibition in Chelsea this morning in which photographs were defaced, neo-Nazi leaflets dispersed, and a curator assaulted with pepper spray, Hyperallergic has learned.

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Man Vandalizes Jeff Koons Retrospective [UPDATED]

by Jillian Steinhauer August 20, 2014August 26, 2014

A man briefly disrupted the Jeff Koons retrospective at the Whitney Museum this afternoon, splashing red paint against a wall and signing his name.

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Metropolitan Opera Defaced by Spray-Paint Vandals

by Mostafa Heddaya June 25, 2014

The offices of the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center were spray-painted with obscene messages by vandals overnight, the New York Times reported.

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Banksy Vandalism Drama Alert!

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian April 2, 2014April 7, 2014

Street artist Banksy has obviously gone to a whole new level when he is the subject of TMZ EXCLUSIVE!!!!! reports.

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Prada Marfa Vandal Speaks

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian March 21, 2014March 26, 2014

Shortly after last week’s incident at “Prada Marfa,” Hyperallergic interviewed Joseph Magnano, aka 9271977, the man who vandalized Elmgreen & Dragset’s sculpture in the Texas desert.

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Ai Weiwei Responds to Vase Dropper

by Jillian Steinhauer February 19, 2014February 21, 2014

In his first remarks since local artist Maximo Caminero smashed a vase in one of his artworks on view at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Ai Weiwei told the Associated Press that he doesn’t understand or agree with the vandal’s actions.

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Video of Man Smashing Ai Weiwei Vase Emerges

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian February 18, 2014February 20, 2014

BBC has uncovered unverified video of Miami artist Maximo Caminero destroying part of Ai Weiwei’s “Colored Vases” (2006–12) artwork.

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An Exhibition Looks at Art that Has Been Physically Attacked

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 26, 2013July 29, 2013

This fall the Tate Britain is opening an exhibition on art that has been physically attacked in the country, whether for political, religious, or personal reasons, or just because the artist was into destruction.

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Woman Vandalizes Iconic Delacroix Painting at the Louvre

by Jillian Steinhauer February 8, 2013February 8, 2013

What is it with art vandalism these days? First there was the Picasso at the Menil Collection last summer, then the Rothko at the Tate Modern. Now a woman has defaced Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People” at an outpost of the Louvre. Is this some kind of weird, terrible trend?

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Vandals Destroy Ancient Petroglyphs

by Jillian Steinhauer November 26, 2012

Thieves have stolen and vandalized dozens of ancient petroglyphs in Bishop, California — “the worst act of vandalism ever seen” at the site, which consists of 750,000 acres of federally owned land, said US Bureau of Land Management archaeologist Greg Haverstock.

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