Man Pretends To Sit On Van Gogh's Chair, Loses Balance And Breaks Valuable Crystal Piece On Display In Italy

Man Pretends To Sit On Van Gogh’s Chair, Loses Balance And Breaks Valuable Crystal Piece On Display In Italy

Written by Romário Pereira de Carvalho

Published on 17/06/2025 at 16:05

Updated on 17/06/2025 at 16:37

Homem quebra obra de arte ao tentar tirar foto no museu Palazzo Maffei, em Verona, na Itália. Instagram/Reprodução

Be the first to react!

Man Breaks Swarovski Crystal Chair in Italian Museum While Trying to Take Photo; Artwork Inspired by Van Gogh Was on Public Display

What was supposed to be just a memento turned into a headache for the Palazzo Maffei museum in Verona, Italy. A visitor trying to take a picture pretending to sit in an exhibited chair ended up breaking the artwork.

The episode was recorded on video and shared by the museum itself on social media. In the footage, the man can be seen preparing for the pose when he loses his balance and damages the piece.

According to the museum, he and the woman accompanying him waited for the security guards to leave the room before carrying out the act. She had already repeated the gesture minutes earlier, without consequences.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW

See also

The damaged artwork is called “Van Gogh” and was created by Nicola Bolla. The object is a chair entirely covered with Swarovski crystals, extremely delicate, inspired by the world of painter Vincent Van Gogh.

The museum regretted the incident in a post on Instagram, stating that the couple ignored all the rules of respect for art and cultural heritage. “For days, we didn’t know if it would be possible to restore it. But we managed,” the team informed, who are now celebrating the recovery of the piece.

More than just reporting the fact, the museum intends to use the case as an example. “We want to turn this episode into an opportunity for reflection and public awareness: art should be admired, experienced, but above all respected. Always.”

With information from Capricho.

0 Comments

most recent

older Most voted

Man Pretends To Sit On Van Gogh’s Chair, Loses Balance And Breaks Valuable Crystal Piece On Display In Italy

Man Breaks Swarovski Crystal Chair in Italian Museum While Trying to Take Photo; Artwork Inspired by Van Gogh Was on Public Display

The end of Nokia: the brand that was the cellphone of an entire generation has ended its smartphones, left Brazil, and today survives only in basic phones in India while seeking a new partner.

Workers were opening a modern road in Dover when they found, 6 meters below the asphalt, a 3,500-year-old boat made of stitched oak and plant fibers.

Dissatisfied with seeing people sleeping on the street, a man named Ryan Donais started building small mobile homes so that homeless people can escape the cold, each equipped with a bed, running water, electricity, and heating.

Consumers eat six times more chicken than in the 1960s, global meat supply quadruples in 60 years, and FAO report reveals the invisible cost on the plate: livestock could drive 80% of the increase in agricultural emissions over the next decade.

Using high-resolution satellite images, archaeologists rediscovered the Egyptian city of Imet, buried for centuries in the Nile Delta, revealing rare multi-story houses, granaries, and a sacred road linked to the cobra goddess Wadjet, from about 2,400 years ago.

An Indonesian fisherman pulls a mysterious object from the sea and discovers that it is a Chinese underwater monitoring system, part of the so-called Underwater Great Wall that Beijing uses to track submarines and unmanned vehicles in strategic straits of the region.

Two 17-year-old Kenyans use coconut shells, corn cobs, and recycled materials to create an exhaust filter that reduces 93.3% of pollutant particles and wins an environmental award in Africa.

While Brazil uses savings to keep young people in high school, New York wants to deposit up to $3,000 from preschool so that poor children can reach college with less debt and a better chance to change their future.

Brazil may fall behind, and irreversibly so, in the global technological race involving the implementation of Data Centers and investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Much smaller but more agile economies, such as those of Argentina and Paraguay, have taken the lead.

China witnesses a slump in car sales as electric and hybrid vehicles surpass 60%, highlighting the silent shift in the world’s largest automotive market.

Brazil is generating so much clean energy that the ONS had to implement an unprecedented emergency plan to contain the solar and wind surplus in the grid.

Electric scooters have helped reduce cars on the streets, but their batteries also age: Lime has made an agreement with Redwood to recycle used packs in the USA, Germany, and the Netherlands and turn tech waste into raw material for new electric vehicles.

Man Pretends To Sit On Van Gogh’s Chair, Loses Balance And Breaks Valuable Crystal Piece On Display In Italy

Man Breaks Swarovski Crystal Chair in Italian Museum While Trying to Take Photo; Artwork Inspired by Van Gogh Was on Public Display

The end of Nokia: the brand that was the cellphone of an entire generation has ended its smartphones, left Brazil, and today survives only in basic phones in India while seeking a new partner.

Workers were opening a modern road in Dover when they found, 6 meters below the asphalt, a 3,500-year-old boat made of stitched oak and plant fibers.

Dissatisfied with seeing people sleeping on the street, a man named Ryan Donais started building small mobile homes so that homeless people can escape the cold, each equipped with a bed, running water, electricity, and heating.

Consumers eat six times more chicken than in the 1960s, global meat supply quadruples in 60 years, and FAO report reveals the invisible cost on the plate: livestock could drive 80% of the increase in agricultural emissions over the next decade.

Using high-resolution satellite images, archaeologists rediscovered the Egyptian city of Imet, buried for centuries in the Nile Delta, revealing rare multi-story houses, granaries, and a sacred road linked to the cobra goddess Wadjet, from about 2,400 years ago.

An Indonesian fisherman pulls a mysterious object from the sea and discovers that it is a Chinese underwater monitoring system, part of the so-called Underwater Great Wall that Beijing uses to track submarines and unmanned vehicles in strategic straits of the region.

Two 17-year-old Kenyans use coconut shells, corn cobs, and recycled materials to create an exhaust filter that reduces 93.3% of pollutant particles and wins an environmental award in Africa.

Retiree who returns to work loses the INSS benefit? See when it is possible to accumulate retirement with other benefits without having the payment blocked

A giant brown band visible from space, approximately 8,850 kilometers long, connected Africa to America in the Atlantic Ocean, and satellites revealed that it is neither land nor pollution, but the largest accumulation of seaweed in the world, which broke records in 2025.

Up to R$ 10,000 is what some ads are asking for the golden and extremely rare Cristiano Ronaldo sticker from the 2026 World Cup album, an exclusive edition from the United States and Canada that has become a coveted item among collectors on the eve of the tournament.

Maricá records historic decline in monitored indicators and expands use of technology for urban management

While Brazil uses savings to keep young people in high school, New York wants to deposit up to $3,000 from preschool so that poor children can reach college with less debt and a better chance to change their future.

Brazil may fall behind, and irreversibly so, in the global technological race involving the implementation of Data Centers and investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Much smaller but more agile economies, such as those of Argentina and Paraguay, have taken the lead.

China witnesses a slump in car sales as electric and hybrid vehicles surpass 60%, highlighting the silent shift in the world’s largest automotive market.

Brazil is generating so much clean energy that the ONS had to implement an unprecedented emergency plan to contain the solar and wind surplus in the grid.

Electric scooters have helped reduce cars on the streets, but their batteries also age: Lime has made an agreement with Redwood to recycle used packs in the USA, Germany, and the Netherlands and turn tech waste into raw material for new electric vehicles.