When looking through some quick news headlines on my AOL homepage today (Monday 25th January), I came across a link entitled " Ooooops! Clumsey visitor tears hole in Picasso picture". I clicked to read more and it was exactly what it said on the tin. A female visitor to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, accidentally lost her balance and fell into the famous Picasso piece. The museum said a 6 inch vertical tear was created in the lower-right hand corner of the famous painting 'The Actor'. This 6x4ft canvas will have to undergo repairs this week to return to the 250 works of Picasso currently held in this museum. Reading this article made me wonder how such a notable piece of artwork and by such a world renound artist could possibly get the chance to be torn and devalued by a clumsy visitor. I always thought that such precious remaining canvas' would be protected or even have a slight barrier around them so that on lookers where more than arms length away. Is this not the case? and if not, should this not be put in place to prevent such accidents?
Artefacts, paintings and so on, from the past are precious items that should be greatly looked after and in my opinion, no chances of damage should be risked. On the other hand, they are displayed to be enjoyed but at what cost?
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