Overview
- Police identified the suspect as Graham Granger and arrested him on a fifth-degree criminal mischief charge, booking him at the Fairbanks Correctional Center.
- Authorities reported at least 57 of 160 small images were damaged, with The Sun Star’s photos showing crumpled pieces scattered across the gallery floor.
- Alaska court records list the case as criminal mischief with damage under $250, a class B misdemeanor before Judge Maria P. Bahr, with a hearing set for January 20.
- Artist Nick Dwyer credited the installation to himself and AI and said the work probes what he describes as “AI psychosis,” with the exhibition scheduled to run through January 23.
- An account claiming to be Dwyer posted images of the damage and said he plans to press charges and repair the piece, as broader coverage situates the incident within ongoing backlash to generative AI.