Posted on 06/26/2023 11:25:51 AM PDT by DallasBiff
Attacks on art have been in the news fairy often in recent months. In July, climate activists glued themselves to a copy of The Last Supper believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci’s students and scrawled “no new oil” beneath the image, and in May, the Mona Lisa made the headlines when a museum visitor smeared cake all over the protective glass that guards the famous painting. That incident was just the latest in a series of attacks on the Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece.
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How come they don't attack Picasso or Pollard?
How is this helping the environment?
Their heroes, the islamic state [ISIS], does the same thing.
Or Warhol?
Out of sight, out of mind . . . . that's why they pull down statues or move them where they are not seen.
Lol! he got famous for putting Marilyn Monroe on a Campbells soup can
Exactly, that’s what I’d like to know!
I am sorry but if you think painting dark red strips on a black background is "art" much less great art you need to have your eyes checked.
How would anyone even tell if a Pollard piece was defaced?
I still remember decades ago when some crank threw a bottle of India Ink at the Mona Lisa.
Then another who attacked the Pieta with a hammer.
So many cranks hope to get a “SEE ME!” moment doing such things.
If you'd bothered to read the article before posting the question, you'd have seen Mark Rothko's "Black on Maroon" was #10 on the list.
Any Rothko worth mention is equal in artistic worthlessness to anything ever done by Picasso or Pollard.
Because the CIA monetized abstract art to impressed the Soviets, this piece of crap is valued at $30 million USD.
I liked it when some German protesters glued themselves to the floor, and the company owners said “OK” and just left them there and turned out the lights.
They started whining about how no one would bring them food or water. (not to mention going PP)
That’s the way to handle those.
Ping.
Orange County man records video of tourist vandalizing Rome’s Colosseum
by: Eric Spillman, Tony Kurzweil
Wow, that guy’s video is really racist microaggression. /rimshot
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