Sunday, October 7, 2012

Mark Rothko painting at Tate Modern 'defaced'

Rothko

The London gallery said one of the artist's Seagram murals was defaced at about 15:25 BST.

Paintings by the Modernist painter, one of America's most important post-war artists, have sold for hundreds of millions of pounds.

The gallery was shut for a short period and then reopened.

Police are investigating the incident.

A Tate spokeswoman said: "Tate can confirm that there was an incident in which a visitor defaced one of Rothko's Seagram murals by applying a small area of black paint with a brush to the painting."



Source & Image : BBC

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