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‘The value of what was destroyed is incalculable’: Brazilian authorities assess artworks damaged by rioting Bolsonaro supporters
An extensive report chronicles the state of objects in the national collection following the riot in Brasília on 8 January
Why is Van Gogh under attack?
Vincent’s best-loved paintings are singled out by climate protestors
Two men sentenced to prison time for vandalising Nevada petroglyphs
The White River Narrows, located around two hours north of Las Vegas, is known for its various petroglyph galleries that date back around 4,000 years
Man arrested after attacking ancient sculptures at Vatican Museums in Italy
The 65-year-old tourist reportedly told museum staff he wanted to see the Pope before throwing the Roman busts to the ground
'He’s burning his art why can’t I?': Artist smashes plates and sets fire to book at Damien Hirst’s NFT show opening
Russian guard who doodled eyes on $1m painting sentenced as scrutiny of museum intensifies
Aleksandr Vasiliev had used a ballpoint pen to draw eyes on the stylised figures in a painting by avant-garde artist Anna Leporskaya
Ancient ‘Hellgate’ pictographs irreparably vandalised in Montana
The pictographs are nominated for listing in the US National Register of Historic Places
Roadside sculpture in Georgia—which some believed to be a satanic monument—demolished following early-morning bombing
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
Texas man, mad at his girlfriend, breaks into Dallas Museum of Art and wrecks works
The man destroyed three ancient Greek vessels, a Caddo sculpture and several other objects
Mona Lisa smeared with cake by man ‘dressed as old lady in wheelchair’
"There are people who are destroying the planet, that's why I did it," the vandal said
Ilya Repin's chilling painting of Ivan the Terrible—vandalised in 2018 by a drunk man with a metal pole—goes back on show at Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery
The work was temporarily rehung for press, but the public will have to wait until a bulletproof "protective capsule" can be installed
Russian guard who doodled on $1m painting speaks out: ‘I’m a fool, what have I done!’
The 63-year-old injured war veteran spoke to Russian news outlet E1, which describes the incident as a tragedy not a comedy
Russian gallery guard charged after drawing eyes on avant-garde painting with ballpoint pen
Work by Anna Leporskaya from the 1930s is undergoing restoration after "lapse in sanity" by museum employee during first day on the job
Man arrested for attacking sculpture by paedophile artist Eric Gill outside BBC Broadcasting House in London
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
Ancient petroglyph panel in Texas permanently damaged after vandals scratch their names into rock
The National Park Service has issued an open call for information leading to the persons involved in the incident
Kansas University restores Indigenous exhibition after vandalism
Indigenous people proclaiming their own culture and history "makes some non-Natives nervous", says the artist Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds
'Gormley would have liked it': Man who graffitied sculpture cleared in court of criminal damage
Clasp statue at Newcastle University was defaced in May 2019 and again earlier this year
Another ancient petroglyph panel has been vandalised in Utah
The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible
Vandals apprehended after covering Richard Serra’s vast desert sculpture in Qatar with graffiti
Government organisation Qatar Museums has launched campaign to encourage locals to respect public works
Man who punched £20m Picasso painting at Tate Modern is jailed for 18 months
Repairing the piece—on long-term loan from a private collection—will take more than a year and cost up to £350,000
Virginia vows to remove monument to Confederate general Robert E. Lee amid ongoing anti-racism protests
Governor says that the state will "no longer preach a false version of history" as calls for racial justice echo across the nation
Monuments across the US are toppled, damaged as protests over George Floyd's death continue
Lawmakers mobilise the National Guard to quell destruction while demonstrators deface Confederate memorials and public works emblematic of white supremacy
Picasso painting of Dora Maar vandalised at Tate Modern
Conservation team assesses the defaced work; man is charged with criminal damage
How Rheims Cathedral's destruction in the First World War had a happy ending
New book explores how the burnt cathedral created a 'profound intellectual rift' between Germany and France, then reconciliation
Reykjavik's Little Mer-Sausage destroyed and discarded
Phallic-shaped sculpture has both shocked and endeared itself to the public
List of 34,361 dead refugees and migrants goes back on show in Liverpool after being destroyed
Reasons and perpetrators behind the removal of the key biennial work remain unclear
Huge disparity in estimates to repair vandalised Ivan the Terrible painting
Ilya Repin’s masterpiece in Moscow’s Tretyakov gallery was struck with a metal pole in May
Famous Russian painting of Ivan the Terrible vandalised in Moscow
Man who confessed to being drunk on vodka tore painting in three places on Friday evening
White supremacist messages and paint spread outside Rothko Chapel in Houston
The historic art installation created as a "sacred space for reflection" was restored and reopened on Monday
Purposeful destruction: Smashing art at the Tate Britain
Tate Britain traces the driving forces and ideologies behind a 500-year history of iconoclasm