https://www.cnet.com/news/woman-wrecks-200000-worth-of-art-while-trying-to-take-selfie/
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The Los Angeles Times said of the Hypercaine exhibition laid on by Hong Kong-based artist Simon Birch and other international collaborators: "Oh, the selfies you'll make at L.A.'s 14th Factory, where the art is so social."
Perhaps one particular visitor was especially moved by the Times' entreaty.
For, as surveillance footage shows, she went to sit down with her back to one of the pieces, ready for her closeup.
She seemed to lose her balance momentarily. She leaned back a little too much. Sadly, she leaned into one piece that then created a domino effect that demolished a whole row of the exhibit.
The crowns that had been perched on pedestals fell to the ground. There's modern symbolism there somewhere, surely.
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three sculptures were permanently damaged and others to varying degrees. She put the approximate damage cost at $200,000. The 14th Factory wouldn't be drawn on whether the damage was covered by insurance but said the nonprofit wasn't behind the emergence of the video.
The exhibit is only in the organization's temporary space until the end of the month, so the incident might attract some to see if they can successfully take selfies without destroying anything.
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