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Art Defacement
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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…