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Art Damaged

by Christopher Schreck

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Episode 5: Random Acts

October 22, 2026 · 30 min

Art is sometimes damaged without motive, intention, or even human intervention. In this episode, we consider the unpredictable circumstances that can determine an artwork’s fate, from natural disasters and structural failures to animal…
Episode 4: Pure Vandalism

October 8, 2026 · 22 min

Not every attack on an artwork comes with a political message, symbolic purpose, or even a legible motive. In this episode, we turn our focus to apparently meaningless acts of intentional damage and consider what they might tell us about…
Episode 3: Politics

September 24, 2026 · 28 min

For centuries, people have attacked works of art to draw attention to causes, convictions, and grievances that extend beyond the objects themselves. Following a throughline from the Suffragettes to today’s climate activists, this episode…
Episode 2: Iconoclasm

September 10, 2026 · 23 min

For as long as images have embodied power, people have sought to destroy them. From ancient Egypt to the modern avant-garde and contemporary social movements, this episode traces the long (and ongoing) history of iconoclasm and what it…
Episode 1: Introduction

September 10, 2026 · 10 min

Join host Christopher Schreck as we explore true-life stories of artworks being altered, defaced, damaged, and destroyed, with motivations ranging from the personal to the political, accidental to artistic and beyond. Free digital zines…