The Birth of a New Art' in the Art Gallery of the Yeltsin Center suffered a painting by Anna Leporskaya 'Three Figures' (1932–1934) from the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery. 'Recall that on December 7, 2021, during the demonstration of the exhibition 'The World as Non-Objectiveness. The Yeltsin Center said in a statement released on Tuesday: 'We inform you that during the investigation, the person who painted the eyes on the figures in the painting by Anna Leporskaya was identified - this is an employee of a private security organization that carries out security activities of the Yeltsin Center. It has been reported that the company is paying for the restoration. It is unclear how much the painting is worth, but it was insured with the Alfa insurance company for RUB 74.9 million (GBP 740,000). The damage to the painting has been estimated at RUB 250,000 (GBP 2,470). In addition to the Tretyakov Gallery, her works are widely represented in the collection of the Russian Museum. She is known primarily as a master of artistic porcelain. She also worked with other avant-garde artists, including Nikolai Suetin and Lev Yudin. It has been reported that the company where the security guard worked is paying for the restoration.Īrtist Leporskaya, who was born in 1900 and died aged 82 in 1982, was a student of the renowned, avant-garde Russian artist Kazimir Malevich. It is unclear how much the painting is worth, but it was insured with the Alfa insurance company for £740,000 (RUB 74.9 million). The damage to the painting and cost of restoration has been estimated at £2,470 (RUB 250,000). The painting is being restored, the damage, according to the restoration expert at State Tretyakov Gallery, can be eliminated without any long-term damage to the artwork. Police have now opened an investigation for vandalism, with comes with a £395 (74.9 million Russian Rubles) dine and a one-year correctional labour sentence. The work was then sent to the Moscow gallery the next day and was inspected by an art restorer. The identity of the suspect has only been revealed now as a security guard by the Yeltsin Centre, although they did not name the worker. The painting, which was on loan from the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, was damaged by the security guard after he is said to have became bored on his first day. The Birth of a New Art' at the Yeltsin Center spotted the extra details to two of the three figures on the 1930s painting on December 7 last year, reports the Art Newspaper. Two visitors enjoying an art exhibition called 'The World as Non-Objectivity.

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