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Police search for man who defaced Mark Rothko painting

Police in England are looking for a man who wrote something in black paint on a valuable Mark Rot...
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11.32 8 Oct 2012


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Police search for man who defaced Mark Rothko painting

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11.32 8 Oct 2012


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Police in England are looking for a man who wrote something in black paint on a valuable Mark Rothko artwork in the Tate Modern.

Officers say the culprit is a white male in his 20s.

A witness said the person responsible walked calmly up to the painting and drew on it.

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Paintings by the Russian-born artist often fetch tens of millions of pounds.


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