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Museumgoers Accidentally Break Fragile Crystal-Covered Chair Inspired by Vincent van Gogh Painting
At an Italian art museum, two visitors recently attempted to photograph themselves with a chair-shaped sculpture made of ...
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A Tourist In An Italian Museum Just Broke A Swarovski Crystal-Covered ‘Van Gogh’ Chair By Sitting In It For A Photo
The Palazzo Maffei museum in Verona, Italy, is on the hunt for two tourists who smashed a work of art by sitting on it — and ...
Tourists break crystal-covered chair at Italian museum: "Every museum's nightmare has come true"
Security footage from the museum shows a man and a woman taking pictures while pretending to sit on Nicola Bolla's "Van Gogh" ...
Museum’s CCTV shows moment visitor broke artwork by sitting on it
A crystal-covered chair inspired by one of Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings was seriously damaged when a tourist sat ...
Tourists Break ‘Van Gogh’ Chair By Sitting On It For Photos, Bolt Museum Without Taking Responsibility
A couple of tourists broke a priceless "Van Gogh" chair by sitting on it for a photo then fled the scene without taking any ...
Man sits on Van Gogh-inspired crystal chair, breaking it
Unlike the simple wooden chair in the painting, Nicola Bolla’s chair was made between 2006 and 2007 and was bedazzled with ...
When van Gogh Fled South, This Family Gave Him Purpose
An exhibition in Boston celebrates the little known Roulins of Arles, a family that tempered the artist’s depressions and sat ...
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Tourist destroys priceless “Van Gogh” chair in museum by sitting on it
A tourist visiting the Palazzo Maffei museum in Verona has damaged a Swarovski crystal-covered sculpture modeled after ...
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Museum visitor caught on camera breaking Van Gogh-inspired crystal chair
Palazzo Maffei in Verona released a video after a tourist broke a crystal-covered chair in April. Video shows a man and a ...
Museum visitor breaks crystal-covered Van Gogh-inspired chair
A visitor to an Italian museum has broken a chair, covered in crystals, that was inspired by the work of Van Gogh - by ...
Museum's plea after couple break crystal-covered chair
An Italian museum has called on patrons to "respect art" after a couple was filmed breaking a chair covered in hundreds of ...