Van Gogh Chair is an extremely delicate work of art by artist Nicola Bolla. This is a tribute to the famous Dutch Painter and his renowned Van Gogh's Chair painting, now displayed at the National Gallery of London, which features a simple chair. Bolla's chair was bejeweled through a collaboration with Swarovski, featuring thousands of crystals, providing the perfect contrast with Van Gogh's.
Tourist falls on and destroys crystal Van Gogh chair in viral museum mishap An attempt at the perfect photo left a Van Gogh Swarovski. A crystal-covered chair inspired by one of Vincent Van Gogh's most famous paintings was seriously damaged when a tourist sat on it while posing for a photograph, according to the Italian museum. A tourist visiting the Palazzo Maffei Museum in Verona, Italy, broke a Van Gogh inspired chair covered in Swarovski crystals.
Security footage from the museum shows a man and a woman taking pictures while pretending to sit on Nicola Bolla's "Van Gogh" chair before breaking it. The Van Gogh Chair -a shimmering, Swarovski-encrusted sculpture by Italian artist Nicola Bolla -was never meant to be sat on. Yet in April 2025 a tourist did just that inside Verona's Palazzo Maffei, collapsing two legs and scattering crystals like fallen stars.
The viral CCTV clip reignited a global conversation on selfie culture, museum ethics, and the real cost of disrespecting art. The chair was built by Italian artist Nicola Bolla and is bejewelled with Swarovski crystals made from polished, machine. A tourist has been caught on CCTV sitting on a crystal-studded 'Van Gogh' chair exhibit in an Italian art gallery - before it buckles under him.
The chair, which is named after the famous Dutch. A tourist was caught crushing a Swarovski crystal chair at Palazzo Maffei museum in Verona, with surveillance footage showing the culprit fleeing after damaging the art. Everyone left saying the same thing after shocking footage shows tourist breaking 'Van Gogh' chair after sitting on it The unnamed couple have been heavily criticized online for their 'irresponsible' actions.