| John the OFM | 06 Jan 2012 9:48 a.m. PST |
link $30,000,000 USD? Who sets the price on crap like that? |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 06 Jan 2012 10:01 a.m. PST |
Don't tell me – the museum has a bar… |
| John the OFM | 06 Jan 2012 10:12 a.m. PST |
I nearly had my arm shot off for touchng a halberd in the Philadelphia Art Museum. Heck, the darn thing was bolted to the wall! I just wanted to see how the thickness felt in my hands. Honest, Officer…  |
| Space Monkey | 06 Jan 2012 11:08 a.m. PST |
I kinda like the painting… but I still think that's a funny story. |
| Connard Sage | 06 Jan 2012 11:12 a.m. PST |
You can kind of see her point. I'd have tried to  on it too, probably – see also Jackson Pollack. I nearly had my arm shot off for touchng a halberd in the Philadelphia Art Museum. Not quite as drastic, but I was sworn at (in French) by an attendant in a museum in Paris (I forget which one) for leaning on an old chest to get a better look at the vase which had been placed on top of it. I swore back (again in French), and demanded to see her superior. She seemed rather surprised, adopted a calmer tone and apologised. Tips to curators: In public museums don't place exhibits on top of other exhibits. If you must do it, provide Joe Public with 'don't lean on the ing exhibit' signs, or provide a physical barrier. Failing either of the above, tell your attendants not to swear at the punters, especially if they are foreigners who may have a better grasp of the local lingo than said attendant may have thought. |
 enfant perdus  | 06 Jan 2012 11:28 a.m. PST |
I was rudely accosted at the Frick Collection for looking too closely at a Holbein. Apparently, Sir Thomas More has a minimum safe viewing distance. |
| richarDISNEY | 06 Jan 2012 11:29 a.m. PST |
If you call that 'art'… Now THIS is art…
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| John the OFM | 06 Jan 2012 11:37 a.m. PST |
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| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 06 Jan 2012 12:47 p.m. PST |
Don't tell me – the museum has a bar… If it was an opening, the liquor was catered. |
| Jovian1 | 06 Jan 2012 1:06 p.m. PST |
Nobody licked her –  |
| Connard Sage | 06 Jan 2012 1:12 p.m. PST |
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 20thmaine | 06 Jan 2012 1:21 p.m. PST |
I hear she prefers men to liquor…… creak
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(sorry, that joke's knees aren't so good, I'd better take the poor thing back to the old jokes home) |
| adub74 | 06 Jan 2012 1:55 p.m. PST |
"Who sets the price on crap like that?" Clearly the market… "Four of his works were auctioned by Sotheby's last year for $114 USD million to endow the Denver museum, which opened in November." Honestly, who set the price on… link |
| nvdoyle | 06 Jan 2012 2:56 p.m. PST |
causing an estimated $10,000 USD damage to the artwork How can they tell? |
| The Tin Dictator | 06 Jan 2012 7:37 p.m. PST |
How can they tell? They can't. That's why its an estimate. |
| goragrad | 06 Jan 2012 10:10 p.m. PST |
The things you miss out on when you are working on the other side of the state. On the other hand if that is representative of the exhibits at that museum I am not missing anything (aside from the DBA 3.0 playtest at the club this weekend). P.S. Actually CS that work inspires a rather more primal urge – if you have ever visited the primate house at a zoo and experienced the chimps idea of entertainment. On the other hand with a work of that caliber pelting it with feces might be an improvement |
