Vandalism

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Are Tesla owners at risk of vandalism following Musk controversy?

Images have been going around online that claim to show Tesla cars defaced with swastikas, following Elon Musk's actions at Trump's inauguration rally, where he performed a gesture that was likened to a Nazi salute.

14/02/2025

Culture news

Just Stop Oil activists arrested for targeting Charles Darwin’s grave

The activists claimed famous evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin would support their cause if he were alive today, citing the ongoing sixth mass extinction.

14/01/2025

Art

Ai Weiwei sculpture smashed at Italy art show opening

The man who destroyed the blue-and-white “Porcelain Cube” sculpture in Bologna is apparently well known in the art world for wreaking havoc.

23/09/2024

Germany

Suspected vandalism attack causes train restriction in Germany

Services are expected to be restricted until next week, particularly affecting trains in Berlin.

03/08/2024

Green News

From defacing Stonehenge to human chains: Climate protests in pictures

From Just Stop Oil splattering Stonehenge with orange powder to a 30,000-strong human chain in the Netherlands.

24/06/2024

Culture news

King Charles III's portrait targeted by animal rights activists

The activists were criticising the welfare standards of RSPCA "assured farm" status, with King Charles being a patron of the charity. This follows a report from Animal Rising, saying its members visited farms that had won the RSPCA Assured stamp of approval and found animal cruelty on each one.

11/06/2024

Culture news

Dutch tourist accused of defacing ancient Roman villa

The series of cultural vandalism incidents across Italy continues...

04/06/2024

Green News

Two men charged with cutting down UK’s beloved Sycamore Gap tree

The National Trust has said it will take up to three years to see if new growth sprouts from the sycamore's stump.

01/05/2024

Art

Recent Banksy tree mural in North London defaced with white paint

The artwork, claimed by Banksy on Monday, suffered damage just days after its debut in London's Finsbury Park.

20/03/2024

Culture news

Israeli police arrest American tourist smashing museum statues

The tourist was caught breaking Roman statues in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

06/10/2023

Culture news

UK's most famous tree at Hadrian’s Wall cut down by vandal

One of the UK’s most photographed trees has been “deliberately felled” in an apparent act of vandalism.

29/09/2023

Design

Great Wall of China 'irreversibly damaged by construction workers

Two construction workers have been arrested for deliberately making an enormous hole you can drive through in the Great Wall of China.

06/09/2023

Culture news

Cultural vandalism: Another Italian monument defaced in Florence

The series of cultural vandalism incidents across Italy continues...

24/08/2023

Culture news

"Eco-vandalism" law expected to pass in Italian Parliament

In response to the most recent act of vandalism, Italian Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano said the government is one step closer to passing the so-called “eco-vandalism” law.

09/08/2023

Culture news

German tourists accused of destroying 150-year-old Italian statue

"Instead of influencers, call them stupids." A statue valued at €200,000 was broken by a group of German tourists, who “must pay a steep price," according to the councillor for culture of the Lombardy region.

04/08/2023

Culture news

Extinction Rebellion activists target controversial Italian statue

The environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion has targeted a controversial statue of an Italian journalist in Milan.

24/07/2023

Culture news

Man arrested in connection with Pistoletto artwork arson

What is it with defacing or destroying cultural sites and artworks recently?

17/07/2023

Culture news

Swiss tourist filmed carving her initials in Rome’s Colosseum

Here we go again...

17/07/2023

Culture news

Ancient Buddhist temple defaced by Canadian teen

An eighth-century Japanese temple and UNESCO World Heritage site in Nara Prefecture, Toshodaiji Temple, has been vandalized.

11/07/2023

Culture news

Colosseum vandal says sorry after defacing historic amphitheatre

British tourist Ivan Dimitrov asked for forgiveness for defacing the ancient building.

04/07/2023