id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt www-theartnewspaper-com-507 Kant monument splashed with pink paint in Kaliningrad | The Art Newspaper .html text/html 648 56 58 Kant monument splashed with pink paint in Kaliningrad | The Art Newspaper Kant monument splashed with pink paint in Kaliningrad An unknown assailant has splashed pink paint on a monument to Immanuel Kant and his tombstone in Kaliningrad, the former German city of Königsberg where the philosopher lived. On Tuesday morning, the editor of a local newspaper noticed on her way to work that the statue in front of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University had been defaced and posted photos of the damage on her Facebook page. Although the assailant or assailants had not been apprehended as of Tuesday evening, there was a clue to the motive in leaflets scattered near the university monument that denounced Kant, who died in 1804, as a traitor. Subscribe to The Art Newspaper's digital newsletter for your daily digest of essential news, views and analysis from the international art world delivered directly to your inbox. ./cache/www-theartnewspaper-com-507.html ./txt/www-theartnewspaper-com-507.txt