Monday, June 9, 2008

A Little Too Literal (Art Criticism)

Lawyer: Museum guard 'snapped'

Timur Serebrykov, 27, a former Carnegie Museum of Art guard charged with vandalizing a $1.2 million painting, apologized and confessed, telling police that he simply did not like the painting. Concerns about his life and future caused Serebrykov, an immigrant from Azerbaijan, to use a key to slash Night Sky #2 by Latvian artist Vija Celmins on May 16th according to his attorney.