Pro-Palestine Vandal Destroys Painting of Lord Balfour
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Pro-Palestine Vandal Destroys Painting of Lord Balfour

On March 8, 2024, a woman from the UK group “Palestine Action” completely destroyed a painting created 110 years ago by the famed Anglo-Hungarian painter Philip Alexius de László (1869-1937). The group defines itself as a “direct action network dismantling British complicity with Israeli apartheid.” The vandal attacked László’s 1914 oil painting Arthur James Balfour, housed at the Trinity College…

Climate Change Vandals Attack US Constitution
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Climate Change Vandals Attack US Constitution

On Feb. 14, 2024, two men from the “Declare Emergency” climate alarmist group, entered the Rotunda of the National Archives in Washington DC at around 2:30 in the afternoon. They pulled bags of red pigment powder from their pockets, spattering the contents over the protective glass encasement covering the US Constitution. The fine talcum-like red pigment soiled the encasement and…

Oprah Winfrey Portrait at the National Portrait Gallery
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Oprah Winfrey Portrait at the National Portrait Gallery

On Dec. 13, 2023, during a ceremony attended by throngs of media reporters, the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, D.C. unveiled a nearly life-size oil painting of Oprah Winfrey. The painting was created by a 37-year-old Black artist from Chicago named Shawn Michael Warren. The newest painting to grace the National Portrait Gallery was commissioned by the Smithsonian Institution,…

Eco-Extremists Attack Xmas Trees!
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Eco-Extremists Attack Xmas Trees!

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, How faithfully you blossom! Through summer’s heat and winter’s chill Your leaves are green and blooming still. O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, How faithfully you blossom! The above lyrics are from an 1824 song written by German composer Ernst Anschütz. Over the years his composition O Tannenbaum (in German ‘Tannenbaum’ means fir tree), became closely associated with…

Just Stop Oil Goons Damage Masterpiece Painting
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Just Stop Oil Goons Damage Masterpiece Painting

On Nov. 6, 2023, members of the British eco-extremist group Just Stop Oil, attacked a celebrated oil painting hanging in the National Gallery in London. Two vandals wearing Just Stop Oil t-shirts, approached the masterpiece and began pounding it with hammers, shattering its protective glass covering. The artwork, Venus at her Mirror, was created by famed Spanish artist Diego Velázquez…

A World on Fire & the Uselessness of Eco-Extremism
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A World on Fire & the Uselessness of Eco-Extremism

On Oct. 27, 2003, a dozen members of the French climate-alarmist group Derniere Renovation (Final Renovation), attacked the Pyramid de Louvre, the main entryway to the world famous Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris, France. A vandal from the eco-extremist group climbed the 71 foot glass and metal pyramid using rock climbing gear, then splashed the large diamond shaped…

The Boston MFA & George Jackson
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The Boston MFA & George Jackson

While visiting Boston, Massachusetts in July, 2023, I visited the city’s Museum of Fine Art (MFA). Strolling through the museum’s Art of the Americas wing I happened upon the Artists of African Descent gallery. I was puzzled by an artwork I found there, an acrylic portrait painting created in the red, black, and green colors favored by black nationalists and…