#ArtnetNews: Art was caught in the crossfire on Sunday as supporters of Brazil’s former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro ransacked Congress, the Supreme Court, and a presidential palace in Brasília a week after the inauguration of left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, also known as “Lula”. Reports suggest rioters smashed windows and glass cabinets and vandalized a number of important rooms. “As Mulatas,” a painting by the celebrated Brazilian modernist Emiliano di Cavalcanti that hangs in the Planalto Palace, was punctured multiple times, according to a report by the Brazilian publication O Globo. There are also reports that a sculpture by Bruno Jorge, “O Flautista,” has been completely destroyed, while another by the Polish-Brazilian artist Frans Krajcberg was damaged. Also recorded as being damaged are a bust of statesman Ruy Barbosa, an installation of stained glass by the French-Brazilian artist Marianne Peretti, and a well-known statue that sits outside the Supreme Court. A watch donated by the French Court to Dom João VI (1767–1826), the King of Portugal and Brazil, has also apparently been destroyed. It was one of only two such timepieces known to exist. Click the link in our bio to read more. __ Pictured: Workers with a vandalized painting by Emiliano di Cavalcanti at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on January 9, 2023. The work was damaged after supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court. Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images.