When you accidentally back into a lamp at Pottery Barn, your conscience — or the store — may make you pay for the damage. What happens if you back into an $80 million Picasso at the Met? Apparently they fix it for you.
A January 25, 2010 article in USA Today describes how an art student tripped into a rare $80 million Picasso entitled The Actor and created a six inch tear. The article states that “[t]he museum said the tear did not occur “in a focal point of the composition” and could be repaired in time for an April display of 250 works of art by the painter at the Met.”
That art student may be thankful that the Pottery Barn rule does not apply at the Met.
The article can be read in its entirety here:
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