ART CRIMES

Art Crimes is a website that I produce which documents attacks on art in galleries and museums. These attacks tend to be more than acts of senseless vandalism and interestingly, in most cases the perpetrator turns out to be either ruled insane or an artist. The website is currently, the only one of it's kind on this subject and has attracted considerable attention. In it's short existence it has already ended up on suggested reading lists for various schools and on museums links pages.
Yahoo had the following to say about the site when in June 2002 it won a Yahoo Pick of the day. .
"Art Crimes - An iconoclast is someone who destroys or opposes the use of sacred images. The most common acts of iconoclasm involve attacks on religious figures, but this cleverly designed site presents a fascinating look at recent attacks on all types of art. The attackers have used a variety of weapons -- ink, eggs, paint, acid, and knives to name a few. Other, more disgusting attacks are also documented, including the inventive vomit attack on Raoul Duffy's "Harbour at le Havre." Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" was attacked three separate times in the past 100 years, and the attack on Duchamp's "La Fontaine" defies belief. Art Crimes is an entertaining and revealing look at decidedly illicit cultural events."
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