Banksy and Poussin's Work Painted Over
Gorilla in a Pink Mask - Banksy Photograph - Daily Mail July has seen two pieces of art damaged, both in very different circumstances. The Banksy above was one victim, while Poussin's painting was defaced on the other side of the country. Saeed Ahmed whitewashed the wall that featured Banksy's "Gorilla in a Pink Mask", while a man spray painted onto "The Adoration of the Golden Calf" by Nicolas Poussin. The result of Ahmed's DIY is below. Whitewashed Wall - Saeed Ahmed Photograph - Daily Mail While Poussin's painting and its current state are here. The Adoration of the Golden Calf - Nicolas Poussin Photograph - The Guardian Spray Paint - Vandal Photograph - The Guardian What struck me by these two parallel incidents is the similarity of the response by the art world. Yet Banksy's piece was created from the same media used to damage Poussin's, and in a similar manner, while Ahmed has probably painted over other graffi...