Art student damages Guggenheim painting in knife attack

Bilbao, Spain – A 25-year-old art student Friday attacked a painting by 17th Century Dutch artist Jan Victor with a knife before a guard managed to subdue him, police said in Bilbao. The attack at the Guggenheim museum in the northern Spanish city was on the painting titled ‘Boas Assumes the Legacy of Elimelech,’ one of 130 works by Dutch and Flemish artists in the museum’s collection. Jan Victors (before 1619, Amsterdam-after 1676, East Indies) Boas Assumes the Legacy of [...]