“It’s the nightmare of all museums,” summarizes Vanessa Carlon. The director of the Palazzo Maffei asked visitors to “respect works of art” after this museum in Verona (Italy) broadcast this Thursday, June 12, a video of an incident two months before, particularly particularly BBC.
In the images transmitted by the museum and dates from April, you can see a man and a woman taking a photo while they pretend to sit in a chair covered with hundreds of glass crystals. Baptized Van GoghThe work is signed by the Italian artist Nicola Bolla and is decorated with Swarovski polished glass crystals. But when the man wanted to lend himself to the game, he fell on the chair and crushed him.
Although it seems robust at first sight, the chair is actually a mainly hollow structure and stands thanks to the aluminum sheet, specifies the BBC Carlota Menegazzo, art historian.
About work, which owes its name to Van Gogh’s painting Vincent’s chair with his pipe “It was a message that forbade to touch it and, of course, it is placed on a pedestal,” said Carlotta Menegazzo. “Therefore, it is obvious that it is not a real chair.”
The restored chair and again on exhibition
According to the Palazzo Maffei, the indelous couple fled before the museum employees could see the damage and notify the police. However, the two visitors were not identified.
However, the museum director chose to share the images of the incident to underline the fact that everyone must enter the places where works of art “showing respect” are exhibited.
“Art must be respected and loved, because it is extremely fragile,” insists Vanessa Carlon.
Nicola Bolla’s chair could be restored and returned among the 650 pieces exhibited in the Palazzo Maffei.
Source: BFM TV
