At the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, a child caused superficial scratches to Mark Rothko’s “Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8,” a painting valued at up to €50 million. The museum is assessing the damage and plans to restore the artwork. This incident follows other instances of artwork vandalism, including a 2012 attack on another Rothko painting and recent activist attacks at the National Gallery in London. The museum expects the painting to be displayed again.
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The massive bust of Elon Musk’s head, a nine-foot-tall bronze monument erected somewhere in South Texas, has been vandalized. This isn’t the first reaction to the statue; online comments reveal a range of opinions, from amusement to outright disdain. The sheer existence of the statue itself has sparked a great deal of debate.
The unexpected appearance of such a large, seemingly self-aggrandizing statue has led many to question who commissioned it and why. The cost is another area of contention, with speculation ranging from private funding by an ardent admirer to the possibility – however unlikely – that public funds were used.… Continue reading