Bizarre attack at art exhibition

A woman doing handsprings hurled herself into two art installations at the controversial Berlin exhibition of a collection belonging to the billionaire heir of a Nazi-era arms supplier, damaging both pieces, organizers said Thursday.

The bizarre attack came late Wednesday on the top floor of the Hamburger Bahnhof museum, where Friedrich Christian Flick’s collection had been opened to the public earlier in the day.

Yelling loudly, the 35-year-old woman attacked “Office Baroque,” a cutout section of wall by American artist Gordon Matta-Clark, then ran across the large room, pushing over a section of a spray-painted truck called “Graffiti Truck,” also by Matta-Clark, bending back the metal roof.

Controversy has surrounded the exhibition, with many questioning whether it was appropriate to display works from the collection of 2,500 contemporary pieces, given the Flick family’s background.

Officials said the two works could be restored.