Over the weekend I read an article about the graffiti defacement of the Egyptian Temple of Luxor by a young Chinese tourist. The event sparked alot of internet rage, but it is nothing new to the world of art defacement.
Luxor Temple article on Hufington Post
Apparently, a similar event occured earlier in 2013 in Beijing's Palace Museum when a tourist carved a similar graffiti message into an iron jar on display. (unfortunately, a news article could not be found)
Just 2 days ago (on May 27th), 2 war memorials in London were defaced by Islamic graffiti in the wake of the Lee Rigby murder.
London War Memorials Defaced
My search also led me to find a defacement story with a different tourism twist.
An artist in Barcelona has become a spearhead in the campaign against the constant influx of tourists to the area. At night the artist will spray lines down the streets to divide them into lanes for Barcelonians and the unwanted tourists. It happens so frequently, that the city halls sends workmen out to cover the paint daily.
Fighting tourists with street art
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