Authorities Responisible for Xi’an (ancient Chang’an) Propose to Demolish Significant Parts of Xingjiao Temple in order to secure World Heritage Recogntition. This would seem to be a severe misunderstanding of the definition of world heritage…..
A woman in France defaced Liberty Leading the People by writing on it with black permanent marker–thank heavens for varnish is all I have to say….
A link to the story: http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=60631#.URaZZj15ddg
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