A criminal case was opened in St. Petersburg due to painted eyes on a sculpture in the Summer Garden

In St. Petersburg, a criminal case was opened for damage to a cultural heritage site (Part 1 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code) due to painted eyes on a sculpture in the Summer Garden. about this . writes The city prosecutor's office

In early September, a copy of the bust by Italian sculptor Antonio Corradini added eyes with a black marker. According to the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office, the restoration of the sculpture cost 16.5 thousand rubles. Restorers from the Russian Museum cleaned the bust for four days.

In August, a Yeltsin Center security guard who completed the eyes of a painting by Malevich’s student Anna Leporskaya was sentenced to 180 hours of compulsory labor and treatment from a psychiatrist.