Rothko painting vandal jailed
A man has been jailed for two years for defacing a painting by artist Mark Rothko at London's Tate Modern gallery.
Rothko painting will take '20 months and £200,000 to restore'
Gregor McKinley, prosecuting, said:
Mr McKinley said work to restore the painting will take about 20 months and cost "something around £200,000."
Gareth Morgan, defending, said it would take a "significant amount of effort, expert effort at that" to restore the "important, valuable piece of art".
Paintings by Russian-born artist Rothko often fetch tens of millions of pounds.
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