Overview
- Serbian street artist Andrej Josifovski, known as The Pianist, posted images showing black paint thrown over Novak Djokovic’s face and body on his Belgrade mural.
- Josifovski condemned the vandalism on Instagram and vowed retaliation in daylight, while offering no evidence about who carried out the attack.
- The incident follows Djokovic’s September move to Athens with his family, with his children enrolled at Saint Lawrence College and sightings of him training at local clubs.
- Commentators have suggested a political motive linked to Djokovic’s support for protests against President Aleksandar Vucic after the Novi Sad canopy collapse, but no perpetrator or link has been verified.
- Artwork featuring Djokovic has been targeted before, including a mural in Orahovac, western Kosovo, that was vandalized twice in 2023.