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  • Update of Bubble-gum painting and boy's punishment

    03/06/2006 11:01:56 AM PST · by Republicanprofessor · 71 replies · 1,397+ views
    The Arts Journal ^ | March 6, 2006 | Mark Stryker
    Gummed-Up Painting Taken To The Lab That Helen Frankenthaler painting damaged last week when a 12-year-old boy affixed a wad of gum to it in the Detroit Institute of Arts has been taken to the conservation lab. "Museum officials said they are optimistic that the picture will make a full recovery. But in contrast to comments earlier this week in which relieved officials said decisively that the 1963 painting, 'The Bay,' would be fine, the museum issued a more tempered statement. Gum Boy Gets Slammed The 12-year-old boy who stuck gum on a valuable painting during a school visit to...