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Drawing eyes on figures on a valuable painting does not constitute a felony, a court has decided An appellate judge in Russia has overturn

Adding eyes to figures on a pricey painting did not raise to the level of criminality, court decided An appeals judge in Russia has overtu

A security guard in Russia who was sentenced to community service for damaging a painting has had his verdict overturned Read Full Article at RT.com

A court in Ekaterinburg has returned a verdict on a museum guard who drew eyes on a painting by a student of Kazimir Malevich Read Full Article at RT.com

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Last week a security guard at the Yeltsin Centre in Yekaterinburg, Russia, defaced a painting on his first night on duty. The painting was a US$1,000,000 abstract of the faceless figures painted by a famous Russian artist,

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A security guard at the Boris Yeltsin Center decided to add two sets of beady eyes to a 1930s Soviet-era painting estimated to be worth around $1

Alexander Vasiliev, 63, used a pen to doodle on the eyes on the blank faces of figures in Anna Leporskayas classic work Three Figures (1932-34).

It will cost nearly $3,000 to restore the painting.