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Throughout history, artworks have been vandalised for political and personal reasons.
Among the exhibits in Art Under Attack are chunks of Nelson’s Pillar, which was blown up in Dublin by a dissident republican group in March, 1966. The bombers felled Nelson without harming anyone, while the army unit sent in to demolish the stump of the pillar is said to have blown out every window on O’Connell Street. Public sculptures — particularly military memorials — continue to attract a great deal of ire. Perhaps more of them could be disposed of so effectively.
