An art installation outside City Hall will be rebuilt and strengthened after being damaged by wind over the weekend.

While initially believed to have been the work of vandals, police were able to determine by reviewing CCTV footage that natural causes were to blame for the structure toppling on itself on Sunday morning.

Lisa Howie, director of Bermuda National Gallery, said it was good news and took the opportunity to encourage the public to come and see the Bermuda Biennial 2016 exhibition that features the piece by Bermudian artist Jon Legere.

However, Sunday’s incident was the second time an artwork outside City Hall has been damaged in the space of two weeks.

According to Bermuda Society of Arts director Nzingha Ming, an interactive art piece by Stratton Hatfield was torn down days after it first went on display on June 3.

Ms Ming said she at first believed the damage to be weather related but “further inspection showed that someone had actually forcibly kicked it and torn it apart”.

The piece, which encourages people to tell their “immigration story”, had to be completely rebuilt and is now on display within City Hall.

“Had it been damaged any more, we probably would have considered calling the police but because it seemed like an easy fix we just decided to bring it inside.”

However, Ms Ming stressed that it would not stop the society from displaying artwork outside in the future.

“I completely believe in public art so we don’t need to put a stop to that at all. I think it will just make us consider this portion of it and what should go out and what should not go out.”