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In a cringe-worthy video released this week, a woman is seen appearing to accidentally ruin a hefty sum of art at a Simon Birch exhibit at The 14th Factory gallery in LA.
The woman, attempting to take a selfie, crouches down next to a row of pedestals displaying the art. Unfortunately, a small misstep caused the visitor to fall into one of the pedestals, causing the rest to topple like dominoes.
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This isn't the first time a selfie-taker has ruined valuable art. In November of 2016, a tourist in Portugal destroyed a priceless 18th-century statue of Saint Michael in Lisbon's National Museum of Ancient Art. In May of the same year, a different tourist ruined a statue from the Rossio train station (also in Lisbon).
At the 2015 The Face of Leonardo: Images of a Genius exhibition in Taipei, a 12-year-old boy accidentally punched a hole though a 350-year-old artwork by Paolo Porpora, after tripping and falling into it. The painting, titled Flowers, was worth an estimated $1.5 million USD ($1,937,850 AUD).
In any case, a stunt or not, the video could be viewed as a parable for our times.
The exhibit will continue running at The 14th Factory until July 30.