Picasso damaged when clumsy student stumbles into painting

[morosco]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 11:45am

d'oh!
Met's rare Picasso damaged when clumsy art student stumbles into painting

[strummergirl]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 11:50am

I actually thought this was going to reference the skeleton of a ground sloth spraying caviar on a 'Picasso original' on Conan's last show.

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 12:16pm

I feel sorry for that woman.

[xxnewgirlxx]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 12:51pm

This is something I would do. My clumsy nature is notorious.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 1:51pm

She must have been mortified!

[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 1:54pm

Man, talk about having a bad day. That's just seriously humiliating right there. At least the museum can fix it, though.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 2:14pm

That all of Picasso's works look as if someone stumbled into them, makes this rather ironic, to me.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 3:02pm

Can you imagine if there had been a "You broke it, you bought it" sign in the room?

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 3:17pm

what I don't get is how do you fall into a painting which is hanging against wall, and cause a cut? unless you are holding a steak knife at the time

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 3:33pm

I agree, Jane...that's a pretty uncoordinated lady! It sounded very odd to me. Arent the picasssos protected better than that?!

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 3:36pm

I know! Another art teacher friend and I had lunch today and were discussing this. The story sounds a little fishy. They didn't include details, and whether or not she would be paying any consequences.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 3:50pm

Yeah, you'd think it'd be a little harder to get to an $80 Million dollar painting.

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 3:51pm

LOL FAIL

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 4:37pm

Most paintings are just hanging there on the wall. Sometimes there's a low metal railing (below knee level) to keep you from getting too close. She may have been leaning over and just lost her balance.

The 6-inch tear does sound weird. All I can think is that perhaps it tore away from the frame when she hit the picture. It did say it was in a lower corner.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 4:38pm

My favorite comment on the article was the one asking if she was related to Gerald Ford.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 4:42pm

The only painting I recall seeing in a museum that was totally well-protected and inaccessible was the Mona Lisa at the Louvre. Most artwork in museums are pretty well exposed just waiting for something to happen. I was just at the Art Institute's new wing recently and there was one room with stuff going all the way up to the ceiling, so of course, I was looking up. In the middle of the room was a small sculpture that was surrounded by a tiny barricade that stopped around your shins. Well, THAT taught me to look down first before checking out the art in any room. It's like they want people to fall on the art. Maybe that's the art. It is the modern wing, after all. I was making art in my underwear, that's for sure. I didn't break anything, but I sort of wish I had. Stupid art.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 4:47pm

Do you mean shart?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 4:54pm

I recall a high school filed trip where a classmate walked on a modern art piece. I think we just acted nonchalant and walked away.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 5:03pm

doodle - It depends who you ask. Is shart subjective?

[Michelle616]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 5:58pm

Oh God, that poor woman. Not gonna lie though, I laughed.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 6:03pm

At least for the rest of her life, she'll never have to search for an answer when someone says "So, what's the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to you?"

[StockardFan]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 6:11pm

This is true Jordan!

We took Henry to the Allbright Knox a few months ago and he almost walked on some art thing on the ground. I had to grab him and pull him back.

On a funny note though, he turned around and some really tall skinny guy was standing behind him and Henry thought he was a statue. He jumped 5 feet in the air when the guy moved.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 6:15pm

"Oh this one time I was at the store and dropped a jar of spaghetti sauce and it broke everywhere. I was mortified!!"

"Yeah? Well this one time I was walking through the MET with an exacto knife in my hand and, silly me, fell into a Picasso! I felt so dumb!"

[StockardFan]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 6:32pm

LMAO!

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 1/25/10 at 6:35pm

This is why they need to protect things better. I went to the Chicago Art Institute last fall and if I wanted to, I could have touched 90% of the art I saw. Only the things small enough to slip into a pocket were put in glass cases.

StockardFan, that happened to me at the wax museum where I thought I guy standing still was a statue (and vice versa).