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 couple destroyed a chair coated in crystals, known as the "Van Gogh" chair, at an Italian museum before video shows them fleeing the scene. Footage captured by the museum, Palazzo Maffei.
A tourist visiting the Palazzo Maffei Museum in Verona, Italy, broke a Van Gogh inspired chair covered in Swarovski crystals. The chair was built by Italian artist Nicola Bolla and is bejewelled with Swarovski crystals made from polished, machine. Art Tourist Wrecks $50K "Van Gogh Chair" Nicola Bolla's crystal-studded Van Gogh Chair shattered by a selfie-seeking tourist sparks debate on value, visitor liability, and art's fragile charisma.
A selfish tourist in Italy sat on a chair honoring Van Gogh that was adorned with thousand of Swarovski crystals, crushing the precious work of art. 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. 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.
Two people at the Palazzo Maffei museum in Verona, Italy, damaged a Swarovski crystal. It was a nightmare at the Verona, Italy, museum when a visitor broke a chair that was part of the art collection. The director of the museum, Palazzo Maffei, says two tourists were in the room and.