Vaclav Pisvejc
publication date: Saturday, October 19, 2024 (part of October 2024)
category: Controversy
clue: This Czech artist goes to such criminal and violent lengths to be part of other people's art that you can't be sure that he didn't hack this website to insert himself into this goo.
explanation: Pisvejc, an aspiring painter, has been arrested for numerous acts of vandalism and violence against other artists, such as publicly hitting Marina Abramović over the head with a portrait of her and smashing an Ai Weiwei sculpture into tiny pieces. He has referred to the acts as part of his own art. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Steve West