Michael Flanagan looks at the work and ideology of artist Uriel Landeros, who is best known for spray painting over a Picasso at the Menil Collection in Houston.
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Picasso Vandal Announces Vague Plans to Produce a Show, a Book, and to Overturn the New World Order
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonAfter spending 21 months in prison for his spraycan stunt at the Menil Collection, Uriel Landeros recently granted an interview with blogger Chris Tarango, which has been getting passed around…
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The latest act of art vandalism occurred yesterday afternoon at the Jeff Koons retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. A man splashed a red substance on a blank…
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On Sunday, a visitor walked into the Ai Weiwei: According to What? exhibition at the new Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), picked up a vase and, when approached by security,…
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There has been a lot of graffiti in Houston news this month. First, there was Gonzo247’s unveiling of his Market Square mural (part of the of the Houston Is Inspired…
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Houston art student Uriel Landeros, who faced up to ten years for felony graffiti and criminal mischief charges, was sentenced to two years on the graffiti charges. Landeros was accused…
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Uriel Landeros, the artist accused of defacing Picasso’s Woman in a Red Armchair at the Menil Collection, appeared in court today in Houston. Landeros was transferred from Hidalgo County Sunday,…
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Alleged Menil Picasso vandal Uriel Landeros surrendered himself to federal marshals at the at the international bridge near McAllen, Texas on the US/Mexico border. His lawyer, Emily DeToto, brokered the…
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Intrepid local TV news reporters tracked Uriel Landeros to Monterrey, where he is hiding out from charges of felony graffiti and criminal mischief in Houston after allegedly spray painting over…
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Culturemap attended the opening of alleged Menil vandal Uriel Landeros’ solo show Houston We Have a Problem and reported “as far as art openings go, the party was memorable .…
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Uriel Landeros’ one-man show at Houston’s James Gallery has garnered national attention, with articles in the Houston Chronicle, the NY Times, and the Associated Press. Landeros is the 22-year old…
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The announcement of an upcoming exhibition featuring the work of artist Uriel Landeros, infamous for allegedly defacing a Picasso painting at the Menil Collection last summer, has sparked a Facebook…
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London’s Metropolitan Police Art Squad is investigating an incident at the Tate Modern in which a man scrawled words in black ink in a corner of Rothko’s Black on Maroon…
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The Menil Picasso vandalism story is working its way up the media ladder: the Wall Street Journal‘s Eric Felten pokes at the art/crime knot without unraveling it, referring to a…
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Culturemap reports that Crime Stoppers has offered a $5000 reward for Houston artist Uriel Landeros, suspected of vandalizing Picasso’s Woman in a Red Armchair at the Menil Collection last week.…