Don’t Kiss the Paintings
I’m not much of an art aficionado, but I do know that there are certain rules of etiquette that you follow when in an art gallery. Many of these rules are remarkably simple. In fact, if you must remember only two, remember these:
- Speak in low muted tones when in an art gallery so as not to disturb other’s viewing experience
- DON’T TOUCH THE PAINTINGS!!!
These rules hold no matter how much you love the paintings, no matter how much you feel inspired by the work. Here’s a story about one woman in France who just doesn’t get it.
The long and short, she damaged a $2 million painting by kissing it with red lipstick. Big no no!
A self-professed art lover stood trial on Tuesday accused of damaging a $2-million painting by kissing it while wearing red lipstick.
The deputy prosecutor in the southern French city of Avignon accused the defendant, Sam Rindy, of "savagery" for having left a lipstick smear on the work by U.S. artist Cy Twombly, and demanded the court fine her 4,500 euros ($6,320).
The picture’s owner, Yvon Lambert, wants $2 million in damages and a further 33,400 euros that he says is needed to pay for the restoration work.
Rindy, an artist of Cambodian origin, has said she was "overcome with passion" when she saw the painting hanging on a gallery wall in July 2007. "This woman is profoundly upset. She was overcome by an emotion that she could not tame," her lawyers, Patrick Gontard Jean-Michel Ambrosino, told the court, describing the kiss as an "act of love."
Lambert’s lawyer rejected this line of defense, saying: "In love, there need to be two consenting people."
Rindy, who is in her 30s, told reporters earlier this year that she thought her lipstick had improved the white, untitled painting.
The court will deliver its verdict on November 16.
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