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Egyptian Tour Guide Arrested After Drawing on Pyramid

03/03/2026

An Egyptian tour guide was arrested last week after video circulated on social media purportedly showing the man sketching a stick figure onto a pyramid. In the video, originally posted to X, the man is seen drawing the figure onto …

Метки : египетпирамидывандализмтуризмистория.загадка

Winston Churchill Statue Vandalized in London with Graffiti

03/02/2026

A bronze statue of Winston Churchill near the Houses of Parliament in London was vandalized with graffiti reading “Stop the Genicide” and “Free Palestine” as well as “Never Again is Now” and “Globalise the Intifada.” As reported by the BBC, …

Метки : черчилльлондонвандализмпротестполитикавеликобритания

Alaska College Student Arrested for Eating AI Artwork Speaks Out

01/24/2026

The University of Alaska Fairbanks undergraduate arrested earlier this week for eating an AI-generated artwork on view in an MFA exhibition has since addressed his controversial meal. Graham Granger, a student in the school’s film and performing arts program, was …

Метки : искусствоиипротест#культураправовандализм

Man Steals Sword from Parisian Statute of Joan of Arc, Motive Unknown

01/05/2026

A statue of Joan of Arc in Paris’s 8th arrondissement is missing a sword after a man broke it off and swiped it for reasons not yet known. As reported by Le Parisien, the incident occurred on Monday morning, when …

Метки : жанна д'арквандализмнаследиепарижскульптуракультурное наследие

Teen Tourist Facing Charges After Dousing Met Museum Masterpiece

11/06/2025

A teenage tourist is facing charges for allegedly vandalizing centuries-old artworks and tearing tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Authorities said 19-year-old Joshua Vaurin hurled water at the 19th century French oil painting The Princess de …

Метки : вандализмискусствонью-йоркмузеймолодёжьпреступление

Man Arrested for Vandalizing Martin Luther King Memorial in Atlanta

10/16/2025

A memorial site near Martin Luther King’s tomb in Atlanta, Georgia, was vandalized on Saturday, October 11. A man has been arrested for allegedly urinating on the site. Around 4:30 a.m. that morning at the Martin Luther King Center for …

Метки : кингмемориалвандализмобщественные переменысправедливостьатланта

Ancient Archeological Site in Peru Vandalized With Obscene Graffiti

05/16/2025

Authorities in Peru are searching for the vandal responsible for spray-painting the image of a penis onto a wall of Chan Chan, an ancient archaeological city 300 miles north of Lima. The vandalism, which was filmed, was dealt to one …

Метки : перучан чанвандализм#культураunescoархеология

Greek Politician Vandalizes “Blasphemous” Works at Athens Museum

03/14/2025

Greek Politician Vandalizes “Blasphemous” Works at Athens Museum Greek Parliament Member Nikolaos Papadopoulos on March 10 entered theNational Gallery–Alexandros Soutsos Museumin Athens, tore four works by contemporary Greek artistChristophoros Katsadiotisfrom the wall, and stomped on them. Papadopoulos, a member of …

Метки : искусствовандализмполитикагрециясвобода выражениякультурное наследие

Man Vandalizes Peru's 12-Angle-Stone, Causing 'Irreversible Damage'

02/20/2025

A man was arrested in Peru after damaging a 500-year-old artifact known as the 12-angle-stone, Peruvian officials have announced. The incident took place at 12:49 a.m. on February 19, when a man “apparently intoxicated and out of his mind, used …

Метки : перуанское искусствовандализм#культураартефактинканаследие

Palestine-Related Work Vandalized at German Museum

01/07/2025

Palestine-Related Work Vandalized at German Museum Police in Hamburg are investigating as a hatecrimethe vandalism of a work on view in the group exhibition “In and Out of Place. Land After Information 1992–2024,” at theKunstverein Hamburg. A visitor erased the …

Метки : вандализмискусствопалестинагерманиявыставкаобщество

German Museum Says Visitor Damaged Installation Referencing Palestine

01/03/2025

The Kunstverein in Hamburg, a contemporary art museum in Germany, said on Friday that part of an installation by artist Phoebe Collings-James that references Palestine was vandalized in what the institution described as a “politically targeted” act. The site-specific work, …

Метки : вандализмискусствопалестинагерманиясовременное искусство

Home of Brooklyn Museum Director Vandalized

06/13/2024

The Brooklyn residence of Anne Pasternak, director of theBrooklyn Museum, was defaced by vandals on the evening of June 11. Strung across the entrance to the apartment building was a banner reading “Anne Pasternak Brooklyn Museum White Supremacist Zionist” in …

Метки : вандализмдомдиректорбруклинский музейанна пастернакпровокациябаннернадпись