New York woman falls, rips Picasso painting

[metta]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2010012...WNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA25ld3lvcmt3b21hbg--

 

[JSB_01]

Perhaps Picasso is just bad luck...

Steve Wynn's elbow damages $139 million Picasso



Although it's not too common, clumsy visitors can be detrimental to works of art!

Priceless vase smashed by hapless museum visitor back on display



Thankfully, everything worked out in the end!

 

[Horschallen]

I cannot understand how can a museum place valuable art work in vulnerable places where they can get damaged.

 

[star-warrior]

It's only in one corner or something, easily patched up and be back later. I wonder if she'll be sent the repair bill?

 

[Cruiser7]

I'm just glad they found it. But please don't tell my insurance company since I claimed the painting was in the trunk of my car when my car got stolen.

 

[morgaes]

Well... she can't have made the painting any worse?

I jest

 

[flyingfree]

I read somewhere that the painting lost 1/2 of its value due to the accident.

The Actor (1904) by Pablo Picasso

dimensions: 6'X4'

 

[Triple G]

That is not art, just garbage. Amazing how supposedly sophisticated people can fall for sure junk. What fools.

 

[ashonfire]

That is not art, just garbage. Amazing how supposedly sophisticated people can fall for sure junk. What fools.

It is art, actually.

 

[Triple G]

It is art, actually.

If you believe that, I feel sorry for you.

 

[ashonfire]

If you believe that what is or is not art should be decided based on whether an individual thinks it is "junk" or not junk then I feel sorry for you. Well, not really sorry, it's just a shame, I'll get over it.

For the record, I don't love that piece myself but that's neither here nor there.

 

[freefall]

Oh, stop this fight of 'THIS IS ART' vs 'THIS IS ARSE'. I had that often enough.

Now back to the topic...ehm...

Shouldn't the pieces be secured with anything? Like guards, alarms, or anything which prevent the visitors from doing anything harmful (intentionally or unintentionally)?

 

[BINOWGAYLATER]

what asshole museum would allow a painting like that to be within range of a falling woman - what did she do, fall forward, and stick out her arm and put her hand through the painting? i cant imagine !! it should be ropped off at least 3 feet in front so nobody can reach out and touch it !! STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES.

 

[Paws]

See, this is the reason why "art" is bullshit. It's just some perishable work by a straight overrated guy, but capitalists make it expensive.

Thousands of illustrators paint images for products (just check all the things you buy, CD inlays, book covers...) daily, but they don't get any support and fame for that.

 

[JSB_01]

what asshole museum would allow a painting like that to be within range of a falling woman - what did she do, fall forward, and stick out her arm and put her hand through the painting? i cant imagine !! it should be ropped off at least 3 feet in front so nobody can reach out and touch it !! STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES.

Ummm...this is the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world's most prestigious museums. Plenty of museums, including the Louvre, the London National Gallery, and the Hermitage, do not have there holdings roped off (with a few exceptions.) Generally, if you get too close there will be someone to tell you to back off, but with the Met being so busy all the time, it was only a matter if time before something like this happened. If anyone is to blame, it would the instructor and the patron, not the institution itself.

See, this is the reason why "art" is bullshit. It's just some perishable work by a straight overrated guy, but capitalists make it expensive.

Thousands of illustrators paint images for products (just check all the things you buy, CD inlays, book covers...) daily, but they don't get any support and fame for that.

Regardless of whether or not Picasso is overrated, his influence on art has been very influential. This in itself is important. Now, Picasso was very prolific, but I'm assuming what makes this painting so special is the period in which it was created. Besides, everything physical is perishable.

Arguably, today's art market is largely autonomous within the art world, so separating the work from its monetary value is important in order to judge it for what it's worth. Even if you find Picasso to be "bullshit," it is difficult to call all art so. Art has been around for thousands of years. Some artists that are well known today were not as popular in their time. For example, of course, there's van Gogh. The same holds true for Bach and Vermeer. Some of the greatest artists worked for kings and popes, and further down the line, wealthy capitalists. This does make the art bad. Thousands of artists have existed over time, but not everyone will be remembered; you can't fault those that are.

 

[JSB_01]

Great post.

Thanks!

I just realized I made a mistake; the last part should read:

Some of the greatest artists worked for kings and popes, and further down the line, wealthy capitalists. This does NOT make the art bad. Thousands of artists have existed over time, but not everyone will be remembered; you can't fault those that are.