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Museumgoers Accidentally Break Fragile Crystal-Covered Chair Inspired by Vincent van Gogh Painting
Security footage shows the two museumgoers pretending to sit on the artwork as they pose for photos at the Palazzo Maffei in Italy. After the piece's front legs bucked, the pair left the museum ...
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Couple destroys Swarovski-covered ‘Van Gogh’ chair in Italian museum mishap
The video shows the pair taking photos and pretending to sit on the chair before the man eventually sits on it, causing it to ...
Shocking moment tourist shatters ‘priceless’ crystal ‘Van Gogh’ chair by sitting on it
Two tourists have been called out on social media after breaking a priceless artwork dedicated to Vincent Van Gogh.
Tourist falls on and destroys crystal Van Gogh chair in viral museum mishap
A tourist shattered a Swarovski-covered sculpture during a photo stunt. The museum shared the video to call for respect and ...
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At the MFA, Van Gogh's portraits reveal his capacity for friendship
Roulin (virtually a sketch) holding up her pudgy baby daughter, and the most touching of Van Gogh’s images of the two Roulin sons, the tender young Camille and the more ambiguously adolescent ...
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Both pictures were acquired by the same private collector, they have not left Switzerland for a century
In the months after Van Gogh mutilated his ear, he created just two paintings of the hospital in Arles in which he stayed. By a stroke of good fortune, both were bought in the 1920s by the Swiss ...