10 when the high art of suffering at the hands of museum visitors Bashny.Net

Selection of a few cases where people intentionally or unintentionally spoil valuable art objects. Fluffy Jesus
In 2012, 80-year-old pensioner from Spain Cecilia Jimenez refurbished the mural «Ecce Homo» («Ecce Homo"), written by the artist Elias Garcia Martinez. According to various sources, the work dates from the late XIX - early XX century. The case has led to numerous scandals and jokes.





Burned masterpieces
Mother Radu Dogaru, a suspect in the robbery of Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, after the arrest of her son in January 2013 was scared of him and decided to destroy all the evidence. First, she buried the suitcase with seven stolen paintings to the cemetery in the village of Karakliu in Romania. Once in the village began searches, she dug up the suitcase and burned it in the oven. There were works by Picasso, Gauguin, Matisse, Lucian Freud, Meyer de Haan and two - Claude Monet, the damage is estimated at 100-200 million euros.



Ancient vase worth $ 1 million
Visitors to the Museum of Art in Miami broke a vase, which was more than 2 000 years. She was on the installation of modern Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who painted the 16 ancient vases in bright colors. The man struck the vase, called it a protest against the fact that the museum hosts exhibitions of foreign artists only. At the same time, the photographs of the exposition shows how he Weiwei breaks a vase shattered.



Vase Qing empire and lace



Clumsy visitor Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum, stepped on unleashed lace, fell down the stairs and knocked several Chinese vases, which was 300 years old. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, which ruled in the XVII century, was one of the most valuable exhibits. Cleaning took her two and a half days. The visitor a few weeks forbidden to approach the museum. On the museum's stairs a vase stood for about 50 years, they have passed by almost 10 million people, and no incidents had not been.



Mary finger without
In August 2013 a tourist accidentally broke a finger statue of the Virgin Mary in the museum Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence. He wanted to compare the work of the little finger of the statue of the Florentine master Giovanni d`Ambrodzho, which was established in the XIV or XV century, with its own. It turned out that the broken-off finger was not part of the original statue, and was restored later. Museum staff said that visitors are increasingly forgotten the cardinal rule - do not touch anything.



The painful awkwardness
Gambling magnate from Las Vegas Steve Wynn in 2006 damaged a painting by Picasso belonging to him. He showed the canvas to your friends, made a sudden movement of arm and elbow broke the canvas. A few days before the incident Wynn has agreed to sell the painting for $ 139 million. However, after the precious fabric proved marred by his fault, Wynn canceled the deal.



Movement yeloistov against Mark Rothko
"Black on brown" 1958
The Russian went into the Tate Modern gallery and wrote a felt-tip pen on the painting by Mark Rothko phrase "Vladimir Umanets, 12, potential product yellowness." Employees and others could not stop him either, nor delay.
He said that was not trying to "spoil the picture of" Rothko, and "just wanted to show the difference between art and yellowness." Thus he protests against modern art. Umanets sure now recovered, and its price will only increase.



Stencil a woman Picasso
June 13, 2012 vandal mutilated picture of Pablo Picasso's "Woman in a Red Armchair" which hung in the Museum Menil Collection. A man using a stencil, left in the picture the image of a bull and the inscription Conquista («conquest Conquista"). Later Uriel Landeros said that it was an act of political defiance, apologized and admitted his guilt.



Paintings, bathed in acid
In 1988, the Alte Pinakothek in Munich were damaged by acid three paintings by Albrecht Dürer. The offender Hans-Joachim Bolmann became famous in the 70-80s inflicted material damage on the art of 270 million marks, pouring acid in a total of 56 paintings, including several masterpieces of world-class, including an old church altar and paintings by Rembrandt and Durer . Bolmann was thrice convicted of hate art. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case of such vandalism.



The attack on the Portland vase
February 7, 1845 the first in the British Museum in London, drunk student William Mulcahy smashed stone is one of the most valuable exhibits - Portland vase, which is produced in 30 - 20 years BC
At trial, William said he was depressed because of the expulsion from the university. Before his act he drank three consecutive days. The judge declared insolvent Mulcahy, so students did not have to reimburse the cost of the vase.
Then there was no more punishment for damage to the museum values, so as a bully William was sent to prison for two months. All UK universities rectors in the letters reported vandalism. Then the vase was restored several times.



Gum on the picture for 1, $ 5 million
12-year-old visitor to the Detroit Museum of Art in 2006, chewing gum stuck to the canvas painter Helen Frankenthaler, abstraktsionistki, which is estimated at about 1, 5 million dollars. Insensitivity to the abstract art of the young man for a misdemeanor has been expelled from school for several days. According to some reports, he also received a serious scolding from parents.



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