Art destruction

They may be created in media which the artist knows to be temporary, such as sand, or they may be designed specifically to be recycled.

[1] Some artwork is made to be intentionally sacrificed in a ceremonial or ritual process, often by burning.

Other works of art may be destroyed without the consent of the original artist or of the local community.

In other instances, works of art may be destroyed by a local authority against the wishes of the outside community.

Examples of this include the removal of Diego Rivera's 1934 Man at the Crossroads mural from the Rockefeller Center and the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan statues by the Taliban government.