Overview

• Guardia Civil investigators reviewed surveillance footage showing the tourist repeatedly kicking the bronze sculpture until it toppled and broke an arm.
• The vandalized artwork by Italian artist Mimmo Paladino stood outside the Ibiza Gallery near a luxury shopping center and nightclub in Platja d’en Bossa.
• Officials traced the suspect via hotel records and detained him at checkout to prevent his departure from the island.
• He faces serious property damage charges before the Spanish judiciary under statutes that criminalize destruction of cultural property.
• Conservation experts are now evaluating the sculpture’s full damage to determine restoration feasibility and estimate repair costs.