A Italian museum has called a couple to “respect the art” after breaking a chair included in hundreds of magnificent crystals.
The footage released by Palazo forgiveness in Verona shows a man and woman taking pictures of each other pretending to sit on the so -called “van gog”.
The man then slipped and falls on the chair, crushing him under him.
Officials say that the couple had fled the museum before the employees saw what happened.
He has since informed the police about the pair that has not been identified.
Vanessa Carlon, director of the museum, says, “Sometimes we lose our mind to take a picture, and we don’t think of the results.”
“Of course it was an accident, but these two people left without talking to us – it’s not an accident,” she says. “This is a bad dream for any museum”.
The BBC understands that the incident took place in April. Palazzo pardon released the footage on 12 June.
The chair was manufactured by Italian artist Nikola Bol and is bejowed with polish, machine-cut glass-made Swarovski crystals. It is named after Vincent van Gag A simple chair painting,
The piece of Bola is somewhat precious, in which the museum refused to provide an estimate of its value when asked by the BBC.
Karlota Menegazo, an art historian located in Palazo pardon, says – while it looks strong – its frame is mostly hollow and is placed together with foil.
“A note warning on the chair was not to touch people, and of course it is placed on a chair, so it is clear that it is not a real chair,” says Ms. Menegazo.
Two legs and main seats were broken, but Ms. Menegazo says that the “a great job” has been done to restore the piece and it is now back in place.
Palazo apologized in 2020 and has 650 pieces, including pictures of Picasso and ancient Egyptian art.
Ms. Carlon says that most visitors are thoughtful, and hoping that this release of CCTV footage will not be “negative episodes”.
Instead, she wants to highlight that “anyone should enter art places, or museums or churches, wherever art is displayed, in a more respectable manner”.
“Art should be respected and loved because it is very delicate,” she says.
