Did anyone catch the news the other day when the unfortunate incident happened at the New York Metropolitan Museum?  A 105 year old Picasso painting was damaged when a woman accidentally fell causing it to tear.  Can you imagine her horror?  The art is estimated at $130 million dollars.  The good news is that the museum thinks it can be repaired.

Time ran an article of the Top Ten Art Accidents recently.   Interesting list if you have a chance to check it out at http://su.pr/2ZWeDf

One of my favorites was about the German artist Gustav Metzger...and I am directly quoting the Time article...  "His work was rubbish - literally.  In 2004, the artist's insallation Recreation of First Public Demonstration of Auto-Destructive Art was on display at the Tate Britian when a museum employee accidentally threw part of it away.  How was he to know that the plastic bag of trash sitting next to the artwork was actually part of the artwork?  The bag was later recovered, but it was too damaged to display, so Metzger replaced it (whew!) with another bag." end quote

There is more, take a look, it's cool to see the human connections, interactions and sometimes accidental happenings with art.

Be well friends,
Jen