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Pa. museum guard charged with keying $1.2M painting he 'didn't like'

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 6, 2008 5:46 PM CDT

(Newser) – Pittsburgh police have charged a museum guard with defacing a $1.2 million painting he "didn't like," the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Timur Serebrykov, 27, added he was "sorry" for keying the night sky image by Vija Celmins. The work suffered a "large vertical gouge" and is "a total loss," said an official at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art. Serebrykov may plead a mental health defense.

Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh.   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
The grand staircase at the Carnegie Museum of Art.
The grand staircase at the Carnegie Museum of Art.   (Carnegie Museum of Art)
The Carnegie Museum of Art at night.
The Carnegie Museum of Art at night.   (Carnegie Museum of Art)
Another piece at the Carnegie International.
Another piece at the Carnegie International.   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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