Thursday, August 3, 2006

Reckless French

At Paris Exhibit, L.A. Art Is a Smash -- Literally
They survive earthquakes -- but not French nails. Major L.A. artwork falls to its death in the recent Los Angeles 1955-1985 retrospective in Paris. The Los Angeles Times has the story:
The world-renowned Pompidou Center of Paris, which set out in March to celebrate the work of Los Angeles artists, has accidentally destroyed two of their works — which fell from museum walls. A third piece was slightly damaged. [more]
Oops. Zut alors!
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2 comments:

Dan O'Donnell said...

The French bring new meaning to "deconstructing art"...

LA Frog said...

[Huge laughter]. Count on the French to deconstruct ad nauseam ;)