In Brief
Metropolitan Opera Defaced by Spray-Paint Vandals
The offices of the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center were spray-painted with obscene messages by vandals overnight, the New York Times reported.
Vandalism
Opinion
Banksy Vandalism Drama Alert!
Street artist Banksy has obviously gone to a whole new level when he is the subject of TMZ EXCLUSIVE!!!!! reports.
Interview
Prada Marfa Vandal Speaks
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.
News
Ai Weiwei Responds to Vase Dropper
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.
News
Video of Man Smashing Ai Weiwei Vase Emerges
BBC has uncovered unverified video of Miami artist Maximo Caminero destroying part of Ai Weiwei's "Colored Vases" (2006–12) artwork.
Art
An Exhibition Looks at Art that Has Been Physically Attacked
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.
News
Woman Vandalizes Iconic Delacroix Painting at the Louvre
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?
News
Vandals Destroy Ancient Petroglyphs
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.
News
Vandalized Rothko Could Take 18 Months to Restore
The damage caused by the Polish Yellowist Vladimir Umanets to Mark Rothko's painting "Black on Maroon" (1958) at the Tate in October could take up to 18 months to repair. The vandalism is, unfortunately, far worse than initially thought.
Art
Red in Yellow: The Rothko Vandal Makes His Marx
On October 8th, a homeless Russian émigré named Vladimir Umanets defaced a Rothko painting hanging in the Tate Modern in London with his name, the year, and the following fragment: A POTENTIAL PIECE OF YELLOWISM. "Black and Maroon" (1958), originally sporting a signature Rothko black rectangle on a
Art
Rothko Scholar Explains Importance of Vandalized Tate Rothko & Restoration Challenges
We reached out to David Anfam, a Mark Rothko scholar and head of the Rothko catalogue raisonné project, to ask about the importance of "Untitled (Black on Maroon)" (1958) and the possible challenges facing the conservation of the work after Sunday's incident.
Opinion
Should We Ignore Art Vandals?
Many people have been raising questions about how the media should treat attention whores like the Yellowists, who are obviously committing crimes to fan the fires of fame. This is a question that confronts any journalist when covering something that is both criminal and possibly a ploy to attract a