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08-25-2015, 05:48 PM
A movie punchline played out in a Taipei gallery this weekend, as a boy strolling through an art exhibit lost his balance and used a very expensive painting to break his fall.
Surveillance footage shows the 12-year-old visitor, with a beverage in one hand, walking with a guided group past Paolo Porpora's oil painting called Flowers.
Somehow he stumbles against a security rope and falls with one arm out toward the US$1.5-million artwork, punching a hole in it, reported The Guardian.
Exhibition organizers said the 350-year-old Italian painting was insured, according to Focus Taiwan, and the boy's family will not be asked to pay for the restoration.
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Surveillance footage shows the 12-year-old visitor, with a beverage in one hand, walking with a guided group past Paolo Porpora's oil painting called Flowers.
Somehow he stumbles against a security rope and falls with one arm out toward the US$1.5-million artwork, punching a hole in it, reported The Guardian.
Exhibition organizers said the 350-year-old Italian painting was insured, according to Focus Taiwan, and the boy's family will not be asked to pay for the restoration.
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