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Girls' selfie "fail" destroys Dali artwork in Russian museum
wthr.com ^ | Staff

Posted on 11/08/2018 7:27:11 PM PST by simpson96

YEKATERINBURG, Russia (WTHR) - A major selfie fail damaged valuable artwork in a Russian gallery.

Russian authorities called out the group of girls who were taking the picture for "not behaving appropriately" when they knocked over a wall displaying paintings by Salvador Dali and Francisco Goya.

The girls are seen on CCTV near the temporary wall at the museum in Yekaterinburg last month. As one of the girls stands in front of the wall to take a picture of it, the wall comes down. Then, as the wall hits the floor, a second girl can be seen behind it.

Authorities believe one of the girls knocked the wall over as she was trying to take a selfie with the display in the background. According to the museum, the frame and glass on the work by Goya were broken, while the picture by Dali was "destroyed."

A police investigation has been launched, but no arrests have been reported.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: crappymuseumexhibits; dali; franciscogoya; getoveryourselfie; goya; putdownthecellphone; russia; salvadordali; yekaterinburg
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The girls were "called out", i.e. there were no consequences. Wonderful.
1 posted on 11/08/2018 7:27:11 PM PST by simpson96
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more like a museum fail - we are going to hang these important paintings on an unattached, unsecured “wall”? Bad idea.


2 posted on 11/08/2018 7:31:02 PM PST by Wayne07
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Seems pretty stupid for a museum to have a “wall” that is so utterly fragile, but yeah, people are not supposed to lean-push-or-bump museum displays.

Amazing how many stupid ways ppl find to do bad “selfie” screw-ups.


3 posted on 11/08/2018 7:31:14 PM PST by Trump_the_Evil_Left (FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
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To: simpson96

Why was it not roped off? Why was anyone able to get that close to it? Why did they use real glass and not plexiglass? Just asking for trouble when corners are cut.


4 posted on 11/08/2018 7:34:06 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: simpson96
Looks like they fixed it...

5 posted on 11/08/2018 7:36:59 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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That “wall” was actually an incredibly lightweight & downright flimsy unsecured partition. Doesnp’t sound like the museum should have been entrusted with this exhibit.


6 posted on 11/08/2018 7:38:51 PM PST by cyn (Benghazi)
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"...selfie fail..."


As others have shared this is much more a museum fail than anything else.
There is nothing in the video footage to suggest they had any ill intentions.
That amateurish display wall could have been crafted by an industrious fifth-grader.


7 posted on 11/08/2018 7:39:28 PM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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Wall should have been better secured. It could have smacked Girl A. on the top of her noggin. I didn’t see Girl B. at all.

Girl A. & B. may be considering a lawsuit of their own, to obtain easy money for shopping.
Since the fall of that wall almost scared the Borscht out of them.


8 posted on 11/08/2018 7:40:12 PM PST by lee martell (AT)
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To: dfwgator

Look! The Obama “Just Us” Department!


9 posted on 11/08/2018 7:40:45 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: simpson96
Here's the picture in question...


10 posted on 11/08/2018 7:42:09 PM PST by Bullish
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If the real Salvador Dali were alive to see this, he would he trembling with rage. Sal was a surrealistic genius, but he was also a very unstable person, given to a preoccupation with sordid, fetish behavior. This is not the correct forum to discuss all his ‘proclivities’.


11 posted on 11/08/2018 7:44:10 PM PST by lee martell (AT)
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So the destroyed Dali is now much more valuable because it is even more rare. It is part of a work of the performance art genre - title is something like
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Selfie-F**k-Up #17-B


12 posted on 11/08/2018 7:51:09 PM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: dfwgator

THAT is hysterical!


13 posted on 11/08/2018 7:53:46 PM PST by FlyFisher
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To: FlyFisher

14 posted on 11/08/2018 7:55:50 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: simpson96

The museum actually owns that, in my opinion, for the decision to build that flimsy wall to showcase the Dali painting that now is no more.


15 posted on 11/08/2018 7:57:37 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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They all went home and ate their Tide pods like nothing happened.


16 posted on 11/08/2018 8:00:33 PM PST by JennysCool
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No arrests.

More g-dam pussy passes.


17 posted on 11/08/2018 8:00:46 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Honest Nigerian

BEFORE

AFTER

18 posted on 11/08/2018 8:09:21 PM PST by Dogbert41 (When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. -Luke 11:21)
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To: simpson96

The museum is responsible. To attach a priceless work of art to an unsecured position is outrageously reckless. A “selfie” is not the only way to knock such a “wall” down - a simple trip and fall, with the person expecting the barrier to hold and break the fall, could do it also.


19 posted on 11/08/2018 8:09:34 PM PST by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 2)
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Sorry, stupid people doing stupid things. The dumb girl doesn't get a pass on this.
20 posted on 11/08/2018 8:52:07 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (Any lover of big government is an enemy of freedom.)
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