thedailywhat: Whoopsie Daisy of the Day: A sculpture by German artist Martin Kippenberger valued at over $1 million was damaged last week when a cleaning woman at Dortmund’s Ostwall museum scrubbed away a part of it that was intentionally made to look dirty. “When It Starts Dripping From The Ceiling,” on loan to the museum from a private collection, contained a rubber trough with patina meant to represent dried rainwater. According to a museum spokeswoman, the cleaning crew had been instructed to keep a distance of at least eight inches from the artwork at all times. It remained unclear why the woman thought to touch Kippenberger’s piece. The sculpture’s owner and the museum have decided to leave the art as-is for the time being while insurance adjusters reassess its value. Similar incidents have occurred in the past. A valuable “grease stain” by artist Joseph Beuys was mopped up at Düsseldorf’s Academy of Fine Arts in 1986. More recently, in 2004, a custodian at Tate Britain accidentally tossed a part of Gustav Metzger’s artwork in the trash. [bbc / guardian / wapo.] In their defense, I would also like to throw away this garbage
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Whoopsie Daisy of the Day: A sculpture by German artist Martin Kippenberger valued at over $1 million was damaged last week when a cleaning woman at Dortmund’s Ostwall museum scrubbed away a part of it that was intentionally made to look dirty.

“When It Starts Dripping From The Ceiling,” on loan to the museum from a private collection, contained a rubber trough with patina meant to represent dried rainwater.

According to a museum spokeswoman, the cleaning crew had been instructed to keep a distance of at least eight inches from the artwork at all times. It remained unclear why the woman thought to touch Kippenberger’s piece.

The sculpture’s owner and the museum have decided to leave the art as-is for the time being while insurance adjusters reassess its value.

Similar incidents have occurred in the past. A valuable “grease stain” by artist Joseph Beuys was mopped up at Düsseldorf’s Academy of Fine Arts in 1986. More recently, in 2004, a custodian at Tate Britain accidentally tossed a part of Gustav Metzger’s artwork in the trash.

[bbc / guardian / wapo.]

In their defense, I would also like to throw away this garbage

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    In their defense, I would also like...throw away this garbage
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    Basura que en realidad no es basura, es arte pero antes habremos de explicarle...los del...
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    lol modern art was an era of art this is contemporary art lol
  17. finalellipsis said: shit like this valued at a million dollars is why the art world sucks balls today.
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    in the trash. what the effballs!?!?!?!?!?
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    “a valuable ‘grease stain’…..”
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    mil? Get fucked.
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    trash.” Maybe this is a sign that people need to stop passing off fucking garbage as “art.” Seriously. Modern art is...
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    If your “artwork” is mistaken...trash what does that say about your art….
  29. abberlamps said: lol