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There is outrage in the international art world after a man in the Italian city of Bologna destroyed a sculpture by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The work, “Porcelain Cube,” was part of the ongoing exhibition Who am I at Bologna’s Palazzo Fava. On Wednesday the curator of the exhibition, Arturo Galansino, described the incident as “a violent, potentially dangerous, reckless and senseless act by a notorious troublemaker”. On Friday, a Czech man knocked the cube-shaped sculpture made of glazed ceramic off its plinth, causing it to break into several pieces. Surveillance camera footage of the exhibit…

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