Couple accidentally paints over $500,000 artwork

NY Post ^ | 2 Apr 2021 | Ben Cost

[SuperLuminal]

They should just give Samantha a call and have her fix it...

[Rurudyne]

Did you know that the original prop painting for ‘Allo, ‘Allo known as the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies (by “van Clomp”) was eventually bought by the 6th Marquess of Bath and is on display alongside her old masters?

[captain_dave]

$500,000 ?! It looks like a paint truck exploded on the wall. Modern “Art” is a big con job.

[PROCON]

Duh, everyone knows that, learned it in 1st grade.

[dfwgator]

“Just mention Modern Art, Civil Rights, or Folk Music and you’re in like Flynn.”

[Cold Heart]

Go to the article, it’s kind of funny.

I think that kind of “art” is pretty stupid. Having said that, the couple improved the original with their black splotches. Maybe they were paid to do it as a form of advertising.

My understanding is this “art” form is actually a form of money laundering.

[dynachrome]

Looks like the artiste used my cat’s butt as a brush and El Gato wasn’t happy to be used.

[SaxxonWoods]

Hey, YOU try getting a truck to explode like that. It’s a one in a million shot.

[Tax-chick]

If you can’t tell whether it’s “art” or a community paint-splash activity, then freep it.

[dfwgator]

I have a simple definition of Art, if I could do it, it ain’t Art.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"which now sports three ugly black splotches"

In addition to the other ugly colorful splotches.

[Tax-chick]

... bought by the 6th Marquess of Bath and is on display alongside her old masters

The Marquess of Bath is a man. The current (8th) Marquess is one Ceawlin Thynn, born in 1974. His wife, Emma, nee McQuiston, is the Marchioness of Bath.

[StayoutdaBushesWay]

Mr. Bean! :D

[Tax-chick]

To be fair, if you or I splashed a bunch of colors on a wall, it would look different from this “artwork,” just by the law of averages.

[PCPOET7]

anything can be called art....I really don like just anything.

[dfwgator]

To be fair, if you or I splashed a bunch of colors on a wall, it would look different from this “artwork,” just by the law of averages.

But I'd bet if I passed my work off as that of Jackson Pollock, somebody would fall for it.

[Tax-chick]

Probably, if you used the same materials.

Per the article: The damaged 95-by-275-inch untitled piece was painted by Paris-based artist JonOne, a k a Harlem-born John Andrew Perello, before a live audience in 2016 — and is valued at a whopping $500,000.

"Valued" is a tricky word, not to be confused with "worth." Although, as my late father used to say, "A sick chicken is worth whatever someone will give you for it."

[Fai Mao]

One of the only really funny moments in that movie.

[lee martell]

“Art for art’s sake.
Money for God’s sake!”

[Disambiguator]

A friend of mine’s young son once broke a lamp while I was at their house. I said “now it’s modern art.”