Visitor Responsible for Damage to Antonio Canova Sculpture Comes Forward

After damaging a sculpture by Italian Neoclassical artist Antonio Canova at the Museo Antonio Canova in Possagno, Italy, an Austrian tourist has turned himself in to authorities. The institution said in a post on its Facebook page that the visitor shared his identity in a letter to Canova Foundation president and critic Vittorio Sgarbi on August 4.
The damage to the work had been captured by surveillance footage at the museum. According to a report by the Art Newspaper, a court in the provi