Police are investigating after a painting by the great 20th century abstract artist Mark Rothko was defaced at the Tate Modern in London today.
The man who defaced Rothko's 1958 work 'Black on Maroon' now claims he has added value to the painting. While that's probably a bit of a stretch, his actions are certainly not the most outrageous example of vandalism in art history.
A list on Ranker from January this year includes the case of a drunk woman who wiped her bare bottom on a painting by Clyfford Still valued at $40m and the 47-year-old Italian man who took a hammer to Michaelangelo's David back in 1991.
Perhaps the most endangered painting in the world is Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Over the years it has been attacked with acid, a rock, red spray paint and a cup of tea.
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