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albear

(33 posts)
16. We can't have nice things with idiots in museums like this around.
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 01:18 PM
Feb 2013

Pretty soon we won't be able to view masterpiece art with the naked eye but through thick plexiglass. That will be sad.

Oh no! hedgehog Feb 2013 #1
That's awful. loudsue Feb 2013 #2
Ugh. That is a terrible thing to do. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #3
Yeah. It would be like tagging the Star Spangled Banner and the Liberty Bell Recursion Feb 2013 #4
I doubt it. I love the painting, but most Americans wouldn't know what it is about or JDPriestly Feb 2013 #31
Perhaps not, but every French person and most Europeans would... 1monster Feb 2013 #41
That's a double whammy of idiocy RZM Feb 2013 #5
That would be idiotic. I wonder whether that is why she did it. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #32
Why would a truther mark EC Feb 2013 #6
Gets people to Google the term Recursion Feb 2013 #7
To get attention, and maybe become some kind of "martyr." The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2013 #8
painting kardonb Feb 2013 #13
There probably was a guard and a number of student painters copying the art. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #33
Toured Louvre 2005 Marthe48 Feb 2013 #37
CT lore holds that the Statue of Liberty from France is an Illuminati symbol of control of the USA. freshwest Feb 2013 #36
I love your posts. You always have interesting information and insights. yardwork Feb 2013 #50
A combination of idiocy and attention-seeking Posteritatis Feb 2013 #54
That's really very sad. austinlw Feb 2013 #9
I know what you mean about standing before it. EC Feb 2013 #12
I melted down at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam...it was one of his wheat fields with CTyankee Feb 2013 #17
It wasn't the religous aspect of the painting.. EC Feb 2013 #20
Hope you'll visit my Challenge in GD today around 5 pm est. Some interesting works... CTyankee Feb 2013 #26
The Seurat at the top of the stairs at the Chicago Institute of Art. amandabeech Feb 2013 #57
Yeah, that is a whole wall full of dots wasn't it? EC Feb 2013 #59
It really is remarkable. amandabeech Feb 2013 #60
I live close to Chicago EC Feb 2013 #61
I always think I can just jump on the train to NYC and go see the latest art exhibit... CTyankee Feb 2013 #62
We get to the Milwaukee Art Museum EC Feb 2013 #63
Well, here's the thing: I also drive to Boston to visit my dtr and we go to the MFA. CTyankee Feb 2013 #64
I live far away now, but I'm thinking that maybe I could take a side trip amandabeech Feb 2013 #66
Me too. ChazInAz Feb 2013 #24
I wonder how wheat fields and blackbirds can do this. CTyankee Feb 2013 #27
I had a similar experience when I saw the Pieta in St. Peter's in Rome. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #34
truther is speculation marions ghost Feb 2013 #10
One of my favorites. What a shame. Brickbat Feb 2013 #11
She should have that carved into her forehead Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #14
I bet they'll remove that indelible ink with some kind of unimaginable futuristic technology. DaveJ Feb 2013 #15
We can't have nice things with idiots in museums like this around. albear Feb 2013 #16
unfortunately, it is what has already happened to some masterpieces... CTyankee Feb 2013 #19
It should be largely repairable Xithras Feb 2013 #18
Wonderful story! peacebird Feb 2013 #42
WD40 will take the ink off. Hopefully they can save it. appleannie1 Feb 2013 #21
Good news:(nearly) All old paintings are severely damaged. FredStembottom Feb 2013 #22
Hopefully the restoration won't end up like this BumRushDaShow Feb 2013 #25
Or like this aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #35
Hilarious! FredStembottom Feb 2013 #46
Wow, that's amazing! Makes me want to go to Minneapolis! What a great museum! CTyankee Feb 2013 #28
Haven't read the book but..... FredStembottom Feb 2013 #45
Just wondering if you saw... FredStembottom Feb 2013 #47
OK, just getting up here...will check it out. I love being an art detective and finding CTyankee Feb 2013 #48
Great link. skamaria Feb 2013 #30
Damn, that's a shame. malthaussen Feb 2013 #23
Probably some woman from Mali cosmicone Feb 2013 #29
Gratuitous slam at Islam duly noted. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #38
Why would an AE911 attack occur cosmicone Feb 2013 #44
Even for your posts that's a bit of a stretch. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #53
Couldn't she at least have been creative and drawn Madonna's bullet bra on it? n/t. Ken Burch Feb 2013 #39
Is she with john ashcroft's group? triplepoint Feb 2013 #40
I work in a highly technical field... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #43
did you see this yesterday? CTyankee Feb 2013 #49
No, I didn't... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #55
The artist called "Bansky" DonCoquixote Feb 2013 #51
Banksy Recursion Feb 2013 #52
It may be one thing for him to hit a privately owned piece DonCoquixote Feb 2013 #58
This one's for you, Liberty rocktivity Feb 2013 #56
Crazy thing to do Franker65 Feb 2013 #65
Have to put a moat between the art and the visitors tabasco Feb 2013 #67
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