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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" ...
‘Idiot’ tourist sits on and shatters ‘Van Gogh’ chair adorned with thousands of Swarovski crystals
A selfish tourist in Italy sat on a chair honoring Van Gogh that was adorned with thousand of Swarovski crystals, crushing ...
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These Powerful Paintings Show Why van Gogh Fell in Love With Japan—and Why Japan Fell in Love With van Gogh
A Japanese museum is hosting its first-ever exhibition dedicated to Vincent van Gogh, which explores the Dutch painter’s ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Tourists Destroyed 'Van Gogh Chair' Before Fleeing
which is Nicola Bolla’s Swarovski diamond-covered recreation of the chair depicted in the 1888 painting “Van Gogh’s Chair,” and attempt to take a selfie. First, the woman sits on the chair ...