Public Art in Bristol’s Millennium Square

Warning to all sculptors, avoid taking on any commissions from Bristol’s Millennium Square. They don’t seem to like public art there. A life-size bronze sculpture of martyr William Tyndale is the latest victim of vandals. Poor old Tyndale, who’s claim to fame was to be the first person to translate the Bible into English, has […]

Not A Wise Move

Oh No, the statue of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) founder, M. G. Ramachandran at Thothukudi has been damaged. AND before you all go running for you atlases, Thothukudi is a city and a Municipal corporation in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu (whew). The broken statue was discovered by […]

Mule Tipping

Brockport : A fiberglass sculpture of a mule has been “cow tipped” less than two days after it was placed along the Erie Canal. The Mule which cost $1,600 was smashed to smithereens, leaving a community devastated.Lori Skogg the chairman of the Arts and Aesthetics Committee of the Walk! Bike! Action! Group in the village […]

Bogside Monument vandalised

The statue of the lark trapped in barbed wire, which honors the Irish Hunger strikers, in Free Derry (Northern Ireland) has been damaged . The lark which sat on top of the H Block shaped structure near Free Derry Corner, was removed in the incident. The Irish tricolour, which is raised to commemorate the anniversary […]

Finnish Tourist Picks Ear Off Statue

Tut, tut, tut, Finnish tourist, you should have known better than damaging a heritage listed piece of public art. Marko Kulju, 26, is looking at a hefty prison sentence, after he was seen tearing off the earlobe off a Moai statue on Easter Island this week.
The island has 400 of these huge stone statues which […]

Sigma Alpha Epsilons lion statue vandalized again - Independent Florida Alligator

Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s lion statue vandalized again
Independent Florida Alligator, FL - Feb 24, 2008
By KATE KENNEDY , Alligator Contributing Writer Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity’s lion statue outside the chapter’s house was smashed again Friday - just a …

Bennington Monument cleanup half done Graffiti gone, stain remains - Rutland Herald

Bennington Monument cleanup half done Graffiti gone, stain remains
Rutland Herald, VT - Feb 26, 2008
14, police learned the monument had been vandalized with the word “Heroes” spray painted in red on the north side and “F—- Bush” and the symbol for anarchy, …