Rothko painting vandalized.

I was shocked to see on The Fox is Black that a man defaced a Rothko painting at the Tate Modern in London! I cannot even imagine ever wanting to ruin any artists’ work, but apparently a man simply walked up to the work, pulled out a pen, and scribbled away on the edge of the canvas. A man named Tim Wright witnessed the vandalism, reported it to the museum, and tweeted the photo. The blog Hyperallergic heard about the tweet, and worked diligently to uncover the whole story. The man who defaced the painting was caught was eventually tracked down. For more details on the man hunt, check out Hyperallergic’s posts/updates on the vandalism. (via The Fox isBlack)