Gauguin painting in Washington DC attacked by woman

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A woman who attacked a painting by Paul Gauguin hanging in the National Gallery in Washington DC said the French artist was "evil", court records show. Susan Burns pounded Two Tahitian Women and tried to rip it from a gallery wall on Friday, officials said.

The 1899 painting, which depicts two women's bare breasts, was behind a plastic cover and was unharmed. She was charged with attempted theft and destruction of property and is being held pending a mental evaluation.

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Ms Burns, 53, from Virginia, told police she thought the painting should be burned, according to court records.

"I feel that Gauguin is evil," she was quoted as telling police. "He has nudity and is bad for the children. He has two women in the painting and it's very homosexual."