CHICAGO, IL.- Today’s scrapbookers weren’t the first to abuse paper products––Renaissance print owners were regular vandals who cut, pasted, adored, and adorned their personal print collections, the same ones that are stored in museum vaults …
Vandals Damage Divisive Photo by American Artist Andres Serrano at French Exhibit
PARIS (AP).- Police questioned witnesses on Monday in their search for a man who took a hammer to a controversial photograph of a crucifix bathed in urine at an art exhibition in an Avignon museum. The modern art museum, the Collection Lambert, in sou…
Tough Times in Remote West Texas: Vandals Target Quirky Art Project Prada Marfa
VALENTINE, TX (AP).- These are tough times for Prada Marfa, the quirky art project standing alone in the remote desert of Jeff Davis County in far West Texas. If the harsh environment doesn’t provide enough stress, the 15-foot-by-25-foot adobe cube bu…
Famous Christian Landmark Tree, The Glastonbury Holy Thorn Tree, Chopped Down
LONDON (AP).- British police were searching Friday for vandals who chopped down a thorn tree venerated for centuries by Christians. The Glastonbury Holy Thorn Tree, said to have links to the earliest days of Christianity in England, has been reduced to…
Prehistoric Rock Art at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area was Damaged by Spray-painted Graffiti
LAS VEGAS (AP).- Authorities are offering a $2,500 reward for information about vandals who spray-painted graffiti over prehistoric rock art at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Nevada. The federal Bureau of Land Management and supporte…
Save Villa Borghese, Italy Environmentalists Cry
ROME (REUTERS).- Environmental and cultural heritage groups appealed to city officials Thursday to stop the “massacre” of Villa Borghese park by banning pop concerts and big screen events they say lure vandals and lager louts. The villa’s secret garden…
Italian Capital of Rome Grapples with Endless Vandalism
ROME (AP).- They knock the noses off statues in a park that was a favorite haunt of poet John Keats and throw dye into the iconic Trevi Fountain. Vandals are increasingly on the prowl in the Eternal City — and now Italian authorities are fighting …
Italian Capital of Rome Grapples with Endless Vandalism
ROME (AP).- They knock the noses off statues in a park that was a favorite haunt of poet John Keats and throw dye into the iconic Trevi Fountain. Vandals are increasingly on the prowl in the Eternal City — and now Italian authorities are fighting …
Vermont Man Jailed in Vandalization of Cow Sculptures
BURLINGTON (AP).- You’ve heard of cow tipping? It really happens: A community art project that installed 37 fiberglass cows in and around Vermont’s biggest city has been plagued by vandalism, leaving four men charged, one injured — the cow he tipp…