A climate activist who smeared paint on the protective case of Edgar Degas' 'Little Dancer Aged Fourteen' sculpture at Washington, D.C.’s National Gallery of Art was charged.
A climate activist who smeared paint on a case surrounding 19th century French artist Edgar Degas’ 'Little Dancer Aged Fourteen' sculpture at Washington, D.C.’s National Gallery of Art was charged. Joanna Smith, 54, of Brooklyn, N.Y., got 60 days of prison time out of a possible maximum sentence of five years for defacing the historic statue, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., said in a release.
Smith, along with other co-conspirators, traveled to Washington D.C. on April 27, 2023, and allegedly targeted the sculpture, the attorney's office said. The two allegedly smuggled the paint in plastic water bottles and had other conspirators film them smearing the paint of the base and the see-through case, while sometimes hitting the roughly 143-year-old priceless artwork with force, on their phones, according to the release.
They also alerted two reporters from the Washington Post who arrived and took photos of the vandalism. The April 27 incident caused $4,000 in damage and forced staff to remove 'Little Dancer' from the galleries for 10 days for repairs, the release said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The case was investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, specifically the FBI’s Art Crime Team, with assistance from the National Gallery of Art Police, and U.S. Park Police.
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