10-02-2022 04:44 via theguardian.com

Russian painting vandalised by ‘bored’ gallery guard who drew eyes on it

Anna Leporskaya’s Three Figures sent for restoration after guard doodled on it with a ballpoint pen on his first dayA valuable avant garde painting has been vandalised by a “bored” security guard who drew eyes on faceless figures in the artwork on his first day working in a Russian gallery.Anna Leporskaya’s Three Figures was painted between 1932 and 1934, and had been insured for 75m roubles (A$1.3m, £740,000). It was on display as part of an abstract art exhibition
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