A sculpture by Anish Kapoor on show at France's Palace of Versailles has been vandalised for a second time.
The huge installation, called Dirty Work, was covered with slogans, some of which were anti-Semitic.
Described by the artist as suggesting "the vagina of the queen who took power", the work was splattered with paint in June before being cleaned.
But this time Mr Kapoor said he would not remove the graffiti, in order to highlight intolerance in society.
"The sculpture will now carry the scars of this renewed attack. I will not allow this act of violence and intolerance to be erased.
"Dirty Corner will now be marked with hate and I will preserve these scars as a memory of this painful history. I am determined that art will triumph."
French President Francois Hollande called the vandalism "hateful and anti-Semitic", while Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned that the perpetrators would be severely punished.
The Palace at Versailles was once home to Marie Antoinette, who was guillotined during the French Revolution.
Kapoor has recently distanced himself from his comments comparing the sculpture to a vagina, saying the work was open to interpretation.
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