[kellyhound]

At Palazzo Maffei in Verona, two visitors, waiting for the security guards to leave the room, and in order to take a "spectacular" photo, seriously damaged a work by the artist Nicola Bolla, the Van Gogh chair .

The recording of the event goes viral and the Museum posts a reel on its Instagram channel, calling for respect for art: a campaign to raise awareness of the fragility of art and the need for everyone to take care of and respect it.

“It would be ridiculous if it hadn’t actually happened. Every Museum’s nightmare.”

These are the words that begin the story on social media of the director of Palazzo Maffei in Verona, who today revealed an unfortunate event that occurred in the past weeks at the Museum.

Two tourists visiting, waiting for the security personnel to leave the room, with irresponsible behavior try to take a "spectacular" photo, seriously damaging the delicate work of the artist Nicola Bolla (Saluzzo 1963), the "Van Gogh" chair made of hundreds of Swarovski crystals, which breaks before their eyes.

The post recording the event has already been relaunched by some important accounts in a few hours, but it is the subsequent reel, posted on the Instagram channel of the Casa Museo di Piazza delle Erbe – which also reports the return of the work after a truly demanding restoration – that explains the Museum's decision to share the images of the event: not simple information or condemnation, but the desire of Palazzo Maffei to make this serious event an opportunity for reflection for everyone, promoting an action to raise awareness and consciousness about the fragility of art and the need to take care of it.

“Art should be loved and enjoyed, but always respected”, a message and an invitation from the director Vanessa Carlon, who thanks the many people who, every day, cross the threshold of Palazzo Maffei with passion and respect.

[Satori]

[MrFlibble]

Now THAT was real art!

[VileGirl]

He really thought he should hover his fat ass over that tiny tin foil chair….. crystals or not, it is ugly lol, looks like something I would have made as a dumb fuk teen. But that’s besides the point ..

[Pyramid_Head]

People like these are why we have to rope of exhibits.

[houseoftechno]

The squashed chair looks much more like a Van Gogh piece than the angular piece. The fat guy improved it.

I paint over other artists' paintings when I see clear room for improvement.

[spycosis]

It was a shit design anyway no wonder it broke

[Mr.NoCredit]

Amazing what some people consider museum art. Someone glued a bunch of crystals on a tin chair.

[Satori]

Originally Posted by spycosis ↗

It was a shit design anyway no wonder it broke

They legged it after.

Get it?

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What a fatass