PITTSBURGH - A former guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art has been charged with vandalizing a painting he apparently did not like.
Timur Serebrykov, 27, of Pittsburgh, faces a formal arraignment on July 29.
Court documents indicate the suspect used a key or other implement to cut or gouge the unidentified painting because he apparently disliked it.
Museum spokeswoman Betsy Momich would not comment beyond confirming that a piece of art was vandalized and a suspect was arrested. Police and court documents described the painting only as being worth more than $5,000.
Police spokeswoman Diane Richard would not comment.
The Carnegie Museum houses works by 19th-century artists Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt and Camille Pissarro, as well as 20th-century painters Marsden Hartley, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock.
Serebrykov was arrested May 20, four days after the vandalism allegedly was caught on surveillance tape.
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