A South Florida artist has been leveled with criminal charges after he reportedly smashed a 1 million dollar vase, at Miami's new art museum to protest the museum's lack of local artist displays.
Maximo Caminero, 51, destroyed the vase by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, because the museum only displayed foreign art, sidelining local artists and their works.
Caminero, a painter who lives in Miami, was charged with criminal mischief after Sunday's incident at the Perez Art Museum Miami, ABC News reported.
A security guard told police officers that Caminero picked up the colored vase and when told to put it down, he smashed it on the floor.