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Museumgoers Accidentally Break Fragile Crystal-Covered Chair Inspired by Vincent van Gogh Painting
At an Italian art museum, two visitors recently attempted to photograph themselves with a chair-shaped sculpture made of ...
Tourists break crystal-covered chair at Italian museum: "Every museum's nightmare has come true"
Security footage from the museum shows a man and a woman taking pictures while pretending to sit on Nicola Bolla's "Van Gogh" ...
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A Tourist In An Italian Museum Just Broke A Swarovski Crystal-Covered ‘Van Gogh’ Chair By Sitting In It For A Photo
The Palazzo Maffei museum in Verona, Italy, has released security footage of two tourists damaging the “Van Gogh” chair, an ...
Watch: Tourists break crystal chair while posing for photos
A crystal-covered chair inspired by one of Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings was seriously damaged when a tourist sat ...
Tourists Break ‘Van Gogh’ Chair By Sitting On It For Photos, Bolt Museum Without Taking Responsibility
A couple of tourists broke a priceless "Van Gogh" chair by sitting on it for a photo then fled the scene without taking any ...
Man sits on Van Gogh-inspired crystal chair, breaking it
Unlike the simple wooden chair in the painting, Nicola Bolla’s chair was made between 2006 and 2007 and was bedazzled with ...
Museum’s CCTV shows moment visitor broke artwork by sitting on it
A crystal-covered chair inspired by one of Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings was seriously damaged when a tourist sat on it while posing for a photograph, according to the Italian museum where ...
Tourists caught sitting on, breaking Swarovski-covered ‘Van Gogh’ chair
A selfie attempt went terribly wrong at Verona’s Palazzo Maffei, leaving a glittering crystal chair shattered. The couple ...
Museum visitor caught on camera breaking Van Gogh-inspired crystal chair
Palazzo Maffei in Verona released a video after a tourist broke a crystal-covered chair in April. Video shows a man and a ...
Tourist sits on art work, breaks Swarovski crystal-covered ‘Van Gogh’ chair in Italian museum. Watch
The incident unfolded when a museum guard stepped out of the room, and a couple began clicking photos near the piece of art.
Visitors Break Crystal Chair in Sit-and-Run at Italian Museum
Ms. Carlon noted that they “walked out slowly, not rushing.” One of the museum’s security guards saw the pair leaving the museum via the building’s large baroque staircase, she added. But right ...