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Outdoor Sculpture Vandalized At Museum Of Fine Arts: St. Pete Police

Yvette Mayorga's 30-foot-long "Magic Grasshopper" sculpture on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Pete was vandalized, police said.

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Yvette Mayorga’s 30-foot-long “Magic Grasshopper” sculpture on display outside the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Pete was vandalized, police said.
Yvette Mayorga’s 30-foot-long “Magic Grasshopper” sculpture on display outside the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Pete was vandalized, police said. (Courtesy of St. Petersburg Police Department)

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Detectives are investigating the vandalization of an outdoor sculpture on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg.

Over the weekend, someone damaged a part of Yvette Mayorga’s “Magic Grasshopper,” a pink-hued 30-foot-long sculpture displayed in front of the museum at 255 Beach Drive NE.

The work offers “ critical narratives of migration, feminized labor and colonial histories,” according to the MFA website.

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Two shoe and decorative flower displays were taken sometime between late Friday and Saturday, police said.

The incident is considered a grand theft felony offense.

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Anyone with information about the incident or who is responsible is asked to contact St. Petersburg police at 727-893-7780 or by texting “SPPD” and their tip to TIP411.

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