Page 2 - Three Figures News Today

Preoccupied with the inhumanity of Nazi Germany, the artist painted 220 works in just four weeks: a ‘rambling, tumbling turmoil’ that he did not speak of for decades

Officials in Spain seized a drawing believed to be by Pablo Picasso valued at more than $460,000 from a passenger who failed to declare it to airport

A single generation of subversive genius can retain its brilliance, but would-be imitators following manage only to echo the subversion.

A security guard who recently vandalized a 1930s-era painting during his first shift at a museum in Russia has been suspended for what a top official

The First Art Newspaper on the Net., art daily,art news,artdaily, daily art, art, art newspaper, Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography, Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs, Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 360 Images, 3D Images, Last Week,, , , , ,

Museum security guard adds eyes to painting’s faceless figures

When news spread that a guard at a Russian art gallery had vandalised an expensive avant-garde painting by drawing eyes on it, it drew both giggles and groans. Using a ballpoint pen, the man – apparently bored on his first day on the job – doodled on the 1930s painting Three Figures, by Anna Leporskaya, that was insured for 75...

A security guard got so bored on his first day at work that he ruined a million-dollar avant-garde painting by drawing eyes on the faceless figures depicted in

We all find ourselves doing a little doodling when we're bored at work, but it usually doesn't result in losing your job, criminal charges, and a large fine.

At Russia’s Yeltsin Center, a security guard was on his first day at work...he added eyes to two of the eyeless faces.