ART NEWS: Ai Weiwei vase worth $1m smashed in artist protest

By Mark Westall • 18 February 2014
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The BBC Report:
A Florida artist is facing criminal charges after deliberately dropping a vase by dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in an apparent protest. Maximo Caminero, 51, was charged with criminal mischief after breaking the $1m (£600,000) vase on Sunday in Miami. Police say Mr Caminero told them he broke the art work in protest at the Perez Art Museum Miami’s failure to exhibit work by local artists. Read More Over at The BBC

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