TODAY   |  June 19, 2012

Vandal seen defacing Picasso art in video

Police in Texas are searching for a vandal who was captured on surveillance video spray-painting on “Woman in a Red Armchair” inside the Houston Art Museum. TODAY’s Natalie Morales has more details.

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>>> police are surging for a man caught on tape vandalizing pablo picasso 's armchair at an art museum . the vandal left the scene. they got to work immediately and say the painting has an excellent prognosis. matt and ann, the man, a self-described artist or wannabe artist, apparently told a bystander who took cell phone video that he was hoping to honor picasso's work.