In a bizarre incident at one of New York City’s most famous cultural institutions, a teenager is facing charges for allegedly vandalizing centuries-old works of art and tearing tapestries while being arrested.
Police said 19-year-old Joshua Vaurin, who was staying at a Times Square hotel, hurled water at a 19th century French oil painting, “The Princess de Broglie,” late Monday afternoon.
The splish-slash tour of the Upper East Side museum continued with a watery visit to a 16th-century Italian altarpiece, “Madonna and Child with Saints” by Girolamo dai Libri, according to police…