“I feel that Gauguin is evil. He has nudity and is bad for the children. He has two two women in the painting and it’s very homosexual.” That’s the reasoning offered by the 53-year-old Alexandria woman who was arrested after trying to pull down and batter Paul Gauguin’s “Two Tahitian Women” at the National Gallery of Art last Friday. Susan Burns — who The Smoking Gun reports has been arrested in the past for carjacking, disorderly conduct, trespassing, and assault on a law enforcement officer — also said that the painting “should be burned” and said she was “from the American CIA and I have a radio in my head” before stating she’d kill the investigator.

Here’s the official statement from the NGA regarding the incident:

At approximately 4:45 pm on Friday, April 1, a woman hit the plexiglass covering the painting “Two Tahitian Women” (1899) by Paul Gauguin and attempted to pull it from the wall in the exhibition currently on view, “Gauguin: Maker of Myth.” Initial examination indicates that the painting has not suffered any damage. It is covered by plexiglass, with adequate space between the glazing and the canvas. A Gallery security officer who was stationed nearby was the first to reach the woman. He immediately restrained and detained the woman and she was later charged with destruction of property and attempted theft, second degree. The security officer’s actions prevented any potential harm to visitors or works of art. … The painting is on loan from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, which has been informed of the incident.

Burns pled not guilty to two misdemeanor counts of Destruction of Government Property and Attempted Theft in U.S. District Court on Saturday. (Meanwhile, the handling of the story by many media outlets — which has involved far too many blurred breasts to note — is borderline felonious.) The painting, which is valued at $80 million and is on display as part of a long-term Gauguin exhibit at the museum, will be back on display when the museum opens at 10 a.m. today.