<p>   A priceless 1929 painting &quot;Woman in a Red Armchair&quot; by Pablo Picasso was vandalised by a man who spray-painted on it at an art museum in Houston, US.</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The man was seen on a surveillance camera at the Menil Collection, reports said.</div>  <p>   <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="270" id="player1" name="player1" width="480"> <param name="movie" value="http://videos.mid-day.com/layout/ewplayer.swf" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="flashvars" value="file=http://videos.mid-day.com/videos/flv/Vandal-Stencils-Over-a-Picasso-Painting-in-Houston-Museum.flv&amp;autostart=true" /> <embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="file=http://videos.mid-day.com/videos/flv/Vandal-Stencils-Over-a-Picasso-Painting-in-Houston-Museum.flv&amp;autostart=true" height="270" id="player1" name="player1" src="http://videos.mid-day.com/layout/ewplayer.swf" width="480"></embed></object></p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The act was also captured by a bystander with a smartphone camera and later posted online.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Museum officials discovered the damaged artwork almost immediately and rushed the painting -- with the spray paint barely dry -- to the museum&#39;s conservation lab, where repair work has started.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The repair went well and most of the damage had been fixed, officials said.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The vandalised painting is one of nine by Picasso owned by the museum.</div>  

A man spray-painted on a Picasso painting at an art museum in Houston; the artwork has been rushed for repair.

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