defacement

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Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Defacement, commemorating the 1983 police killing of a man allegedly writing graffiti in the New York subway, found renewed relevance during the Black Lives Matter movement.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

Defacement is often a form of religious or political protest, said Robert Wittman, the retired founder of the Art Crime Team and vice chairman of the security committee of the American Association of Museums.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2011

Exchange of powers of this conflict came; Defacement none, nor ever squandered force.

From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George