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Posts tagged "art accidents"

Robert Smithson's "Chalk-Mirror Displacement" Damaged

The Modern Wing seems to be taking some lumps from the public, last week the Modern Wing was hit with graffiti, this week a visitor stumbled into Robert Smithson’s Chalk-Mirror Displacement breaking a mirror. The Art Institute of Chicago. Detail of Facade, Photo credit: Charles G. Young, Interactive Design Architects. According to Kristen Mack of... Read more »
By Abraham Ritchie,
March 2, 2010 at 1:23 pm
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More Art Mishaps from the NYTimes

The New York Times decided to do something similar to my post from yesterday, and detail a few more costly art accidents. As usual, the Times sticks to mostly New York City related stuff but nonetheless it’s entertaining to read, perhaps the art lover’s equivalent to snuff films.  If you want to check it out... Read more »
By Abraham Ritchie,
January 27, 2010 at 1:10 pm
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Met Visitor Damages Picasso and Other Expensive Mishaps

The news broke this morning that on Friday, January 22, a visitor to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art fell into The Actor, a 1904-05 painting by Pablo Picasso, causing a six-inch tear in the lower right-hand corner. According the Metropolitan Museum the incident occurred when “a visitor attending a class lost her balance. ... Read more »
By Abraham Ritchie,
January 25, 2010 at 5:25 pm
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