Aleksandr Vasiliev had used a ballpoint pen to draw eyes on the stylised figures in a painting by avant-garde artist Anna Leporskaya

The pictographs are nominated for listing in the US National Register of Historic Places

The 16ft-tall structure, sometimes referred to as "America’s Stonehenge", was built in 1980 and inscribed with a ten-part message that may have been meant to help survivors of an apocalyptic event rebuild society

The man destroyed three ancient Greek vessels, a Caddo sculpture and several other objects

"There are people who are destroying the planet, that's why I did it," the vandal said

The work was temporarily rehung for press, but the public will have to wait until a bulletproof "protective capsule" can be installed

The 63-year-old injured war veteran spoke to Russian news outlet E1, which describes the incident as a tragedy not a comedy

Work by Anna Leporskaya from the 1930s is undergoing restoration after "lapse in sanity" by museum employee during first day on the job

Campaigners have called for the removal of the statue for decades, which they say is “a monument to paedophilia”, but the BBC says it will stay

The National Park Service has issued an open call for information leading to the persons involved in the incident

Indigenous people proclaiming their own culture and history "makes some non-Natives nervous", says the artist Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds

Clasp statue at Newcastle University was defaced in May 2019 and again earlier this year

The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible

Government organisation Qatar Museums has launched campaign to encourage locals to respect public works

Repairing the piece—on long-term loan from a private collection—will take more than a year and cost up to £350,000

Governor says that the state will "no longer preach a false version of history" as calls for racial justice echo across the nation

Lawmakers mobilise the National Guard to quell destruction while demonstrators deface Confederate memorials and public works emblematic of white supremacy

Conservation team assesses the defaced work; man is charged with criminal damage

New book explores how the burnt cathedral created a 'profound intellectual rift' between Germany and France, then reconciliation

Phallic-shaped sculpture has both shocked and endeared itself to the public

Reasons and perpetrators behind the removal of the key biennial work remain unclear

Ilya Repin’s masterpiece in Moscow’s Tretyakov gallery was struck with a metal pole in May

Man who confessed to being drunk on vodka tore painting in three places on Friday evening

The historic art installation created as a "sacred space for reflection" was restored and reopened on Monday