Showing posts with label metropolitan museum of art. Show all posts
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Monday, January 25, 2010

Painting by Picasso to undergo repairs after visitor to the Met accidentally falls onto it


I don't get people, just...be careful, gawd.
A notable painting by Picasso will undergo repairs after a visitor to the Metropolitan Museum of Art accidentally lost her balance and struck it.

The museum says the accident caused a vertical tear of about 6 inches (15 centimetres) in the lower right-hand corner of "The Actor," painted by the artist during the winter of 1904-1905.

The museum says the damage didn't affect the "focal point of the composition."

Curatorial and conservation staff assessed the painting's condition following Friday's accident when a visitor attending a class struck the artwork in one of the museum's galleries.