Czech man arrested after shattering Ai Weiwei's 'Porcelain Cube'

Czech man arrested after shattering Ai Weiwei's 'Porcelain Cube'

A man shattered a sculpture by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei on Friday during the opening of his exhibition at Palazzo Fava in the Italian city of Bologna, a spokesperson f...

A man destroyed a sculpture by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei on Friday during the opening of his exhibition at the Palazzo Fava in the Italian city of Bologna, a spokesman for the exhibition said, according to Le Figaro. The images...

Vaclav Pisvejc was already known to the authorities for other acts of vandalism against artists and works of art

The work “Porcelain Cube” was destroyed by a man who was already known to the authorities for other acts of vandalism against artists and works of art. The moment was announced by the artist himself on social media.

A man purposely destroyed a work by Ai Weiwei at the opening of an exhibition by the Chinese artist, “Who am I?” , in Bologna, Italy, and has already been arrested. According to Italian media outlets, the work “Porcelain Cube” - an empty ceramic cube about one meter long - was destroyed by a 57-year-old man, Vaclav Pisvejc, who was already known to the authorities for other acts of vandalism against artists and works of art. On Ai Weiwei's accou…

The sculpture is a large blue and white "porcelain cube" by the artist, a police spokesman said on Saturday. The Czech is already known in the Italian art scene for vandalism. He had attacked the artist Marina Abramovic. In 2022, after the war in Ukraine began, he set fire to the black cloth hanging from the David copy in Florence's Piazza Signoria. For this, he was sentenced to six months in prison. The gesture had caused 15,000 euros in damage…