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Art Abuse: 11 Vandalized Works of Art: Media

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Fountain: chipped
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. (top) and Marcel Duchamp/Alfred Stieglitz
Pietà: hammered
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. (top) and © [email protected]/Fotolia
Militia Company of District II Under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq: sprayed
Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; on loan from the City of Amsterdam (object no. SK-C-5); Photo illustration Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Curtains: doodled on
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Bamiyan Buddhas: exploded
Phecda109; Photo Illustration Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.