This site uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising.
By continuing to browse, you agree to the use of cookies described in our Cookies Policy.
You may change your settings at any time but this may impact on the functionality of the site.
To learn more see our Cookies Policy.
The painting now has a “fist-sized gash” in the canvas, according to the Guardian. Local news sources have reported that the boy’s family will not be asked to pay the restoration costs and the painting was insured.
Saturday 28 December, 2024
Saturday 28 December, 2024
Download our app
This kid tripped in an art gallery and punched a hole in a €1.3million painting
AN ART GALLERY in Taipei, Taiwan is currently showing an exhibition of Italian masterpieces called The Face of Leonardo: Images of a Genius.
At the weekend, a 12-year-old kid was at the museum, walking past a painting.
He tripped.
Put his hand out to steady himself.
And punched a hole in Flowers by Paolo Porpora, 350 years old and valued at €1.3million.
Impressively, he never spilled the drink in his other hand.
The museum later released CCTV footage of the incident:
The painting now has a “fist-sized gash” in the canvas, according to the Guardian. Local news sources have reported that the boy’s family will not be asked to pay the restoration costs and the painting was insured.
More: This guy’s unfortunate Snapchat sex saga is the laugh of the internet>
More: A woman sat next to a couple breaking up on a plane and live-tweeted everything>
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
art gallery Painting Taipei Taiwan Whoopsie