Houston museum sounds off after vandals deface artist’s painting

Houston museum sounds off after vandals deface artist’s painting

The Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) announced on Monday, June 8, that a museum visitor intentionally damaged one of its paintings on May 21. The damage included a puncture and large cut or scrape in a painting by North Carolina artist Clarence Heyward called Man in the Garden, part of the EDEN exhibition in the downstairs gallery.