Accused Menil Picasso Vandal Uriel Landeros’ Double-Trouble Bond Set for $500,000
Uriel Landeros, the artist accused of defacing Picasso’s Woman in a Red Armchair at the Menil Collection, appeared in court today in Houston. Landeros was transferred from Hidalgo County Sunday, after turning himself in at the US/Mexico border. He is charged with criminal mischief and felony graffiti, both third-degree felonies. A Harris County Judge set [...]
Landeros Surrenders!
Alleged Menil Picasso vandal Uriel Landeros surrendered himself to federal marshals at the at the international bridge near McAllen, Texas on the US/Mexico border. His lawyer, Emily DeToto, brokered the surrender, which she sai was prompted by urgings from Landeros family. He is expected to be brought to Harris county in a few days to [...]
Accused Picasso Vandal Speaks: KPRC Interviews Uriel Landeros in Monterrey, Mexico
Intrepid local TV news reporters tracked Uriel Landeros to Monterrey, where he is hiding out from charges of felony graffiti and criminal mischief in Houston after allegedly spray painting over Picasso’s Woman in Red Armchair at the Menil Collection. In a brief interview with KPRC TV’s Nefertiti Jacquez, Landeros claims association with the Occupy movement, [...]
Landeros Opening “A Circus,” Menil to Feature Chin-Defaced Painting in Anniversary Celebration
Culturemap attended the opening of alleged Menil vandal Uriel Landeros’ solo show Houston We Have a Problem and reported “as far as art openings go, the party was memorable . . . right down to the free forties (liquor bottles), the particularly good DJ, the off-duty police officers and the man wearing a gigantic basket [...]
Houston, We Have A Problem: Landeros Art Show Heats Up the Newswires
Uriel Landeros’ one-man show at Houston’s James Gallery has garnered national attention, with articles in the Houston Chronicle, the NY Times, and the Associated Press. Landeros is the 22-year old charged with felony graffiti and felony criminal mischief for allegedly defacing “Woman in a Red Armchair” at Houston’s Menil Collection on June 13. Gallery owner [...]
Houston, We Have a Problem: Upcoming Menil Vandal’s Exhibition Draws Facebook Fire
The announcement of an upcoming exhibition featuring the work of artist Uriel Landeros, infamous for allegedly defacing a Picasso painting at the Menil Collection last summer, has sparked a Facebook furor, and a split-up between the partners at the gallery where the show is to be held. James Art Gallery (formerly CuetoJames, but partner Rafael [...]
Rothko Vandalized at Tate Modern, Homeless Russian Art Theoretician Arrested
London’s Metropolitan Police Art Squad is investigating an incident at the Tate Modern in which a man scrawled words in black ink in a corner of Rothko’s Black on Maroon (1958). The new inscription read “”Vladimir Umanets, a potential piece of yellowism,” and sure enough, Vladimir Umanets, founder of the movement, told the BBC he [...]
Art Fugitive: Menil Vandalism Suspect Crit on Artinfo, Discussed in Wall Street Journal
The Menil Picasso vandalism story is working its way up the media ladder: the Wall Street Journal‘s Eric Felten pokes at the art/crime knot without unraveling it, referring to a tongue-in-cheek “portfolio review” of Landeros’ rambling, immature symbolist paintings, on ArtInfo.com, based on pictures posted on Landeros’ Facebook page. Not really getting the humor, (admittedly [...]
Suspected Menil Picasso Vandal on the Run: $5000 Reward for Houston Artist Uriel Landeros
Culturemap reports that Crime Stoppers has offered a $5000 reward for Houston artist Uriel Landeros, suspected of vandalizing Picasso’s Woman in a Red Armchair at the Menil Collection last week. Although Landeros’ name accompanied the original YouTube video documenting the art attack, police have apparently (hopefully?) uncovered more substantial evidence: Landeros was charged by the [...]