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Climate Activist Admits To Smearing Paint On Sculpture During Demonstration At DC Gallery
The New Yorker who defaced a famed exhibit inside the National Gallery of Art earlier this year in DC has copped to the crime and will face potentially harsh penalties, federal authorities announced. Brooklyn native Joanna Smith pleaded guilty on Friday to causing thousands of dollars worth of damage to Edgar Degas' "Little Dancer, Age Fourteen" during a targeted attack in May. According to prosecutors, Smith and North Carolina native Timothy Martin did their research and sought to deface the beloved sculpture, which was crafted nearly 150 years ago, as part of their demonstrative statement…
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'Priceless Work Of Art' At National Gallery Of Art In DC Damaged By Protesters: Feds
A legal fund has been started for a pair who took it to the extreme to protest the government's handling of climate change late last month. Two climate activists visiting Washington, DC put on a show at the National Gallery of Art as they sought to deface a popular sculpture that was crafted by Edgar Degas nearly 150 years ago as part of their demonstrative statement. North Carolina resident Timothy Martin and Joanna Smith, of New York, both 53, are both facing federal charges in DC after allegedly smearing paint on the case and base of Degas’ “Little Dancer, Age Fourteen” as part of a pr…