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A museum-goer looks at the Edgar Degas sculpture "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" at the National Gallery of Art's West Building in Washington, U.S. in 2020.
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. says the FBI is involved in an investigation after climate change protesters targeted a famous sculpture – Edgar Degas' "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen." ...
A climate activist charged with smearing paint on a case containing an Edgar Degas sculpture in the National Gallery of Art last spring pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to injuring museum ...
Climate protesters sit after smearing paint on the case that houses Edgar Degas’s "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" at the National Gallery of Art in D.C. on April 27.
Just when you thought they were gone, climate activists are back, this time targeting an Edgar Degas sculpture at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. It happened around 11am this ...
One of the Gallery’s most popular works of art, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen will be presented with 14 additional works from the Gallery’s collection, including the monumental pastel Ballet Scene (c.
Joanna Smith, 54, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of causing injury to a National Gallery of Art exhibit in the April 27 defacement of Edgar Degas’ “Little Dancer ...
The Degas, which had been displayed in a plexiglass case, was taken out of view and will undergo damage assessment from the museum’s conservation team, National Gallery of Art Director Kaywin ...
Climate activists targeted a renowned sculpture by Edgar Degas at the National Gallery of Art in Washington on Thursday, April 27. Two protesters smeared red and black paint over the plinth and ...
Still, the National Gallery reported spending $4,000 to repair the exhibit, taking it off public display for 10 days. And its curators clearly felt violated.
Timothy Martin, 55, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was found guilty by a federal jury for his role in the April 27, 2023, defacement of an art exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.