Boy, 12, Sticks Gum on $1.5M Painting

[Liebling:-)))]

I got link from other forum where they debated with agree to disagree.... Interesting debate there... I took those link to add here to ask you all for your opinion what do you think of this?

Boy, 12, Sticks Gum on $1.5M Painting

DETROIT (AP) -- A 12-year-old visitor to the Detroit Institute of Arts stuck a wad of gum to a $1.5 million painting, leaving a stain the size of a quarter, officials say.

The boy was part of a school group from Holly that visited the museum on Friday, officials say. They say he took a piece of Wrigley's Extra Polar Ice gum out of his mouth and stuck it on Helen Frankenthaler's "The Bay," an abstract painting from 1963.

The museum acquired the work in 1965 and says it is worth about $1.5 million.

The gum stuck to the painting's lower left corner and did not adhere to the fiber of the canvas, officials told the Detroit Free Press. But it left a chemical residue about the size of a quarter, said Becky Hart, assistant curator of contemporary art.

The museum's conservation department is researching the chemicals in the gum to decide which solvent to use to clean it. The museum hopes to make the repair in two weeks and will keep "The Bay" on display in the meantime, she said.

"Our expectation is that the painting is going to be fine," Hart said.

Holly Academy director Julie Kildee said the boy had been suspended from the charter school and says his parents also have disciplined him.

"Even though we give very strict guidelines on proper behavior and we hold students to high standards, he is only 12 and I don't think he understood the ramifications of what he did before it happened, but he certainly understands the severity of it now," said Kildee.

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Detroit Institute of Arts: http://www.dia.org

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[downing]

Yeah, I heard. My mom told me about it because I am art lover and have always loved paintings...idiot. I hope the boy have learned his lesson. small world my husband's family is from Holly. MI.... go figure.

 

[Liebling:-)))]

Yeah, I heard. My mom told me about it because I am art lover and have always loved paintings...idiot. I hope the boy have learned his lesson. small world my husband's family is from Holly. MI.... go figure.

Some of members from other forums blame Art Gallery for not paintings protection like glass, fence, etc...


what do you think of this?

Blame Art Gallery or what?

 

[Liebling:-)))]

"Even though we give very strict guidelines on proper behavior and we hold students to high standards, he is only 12 and I don't think he understood the ramifications of what he did before it happened, but he certainly understands the severity of it now," said Kildee.

It says in link... I disagree with Ms Kildee because 12 years know an exactly what wrong or right...

The children are being teach how to respect/obey the rules for not touch etc... Its about respect, they should learn... but 12 years old... Huh? The children at Grade 1 CAN learn to respect/obey the rules when they visit other properties, musuems, etc.

 

[downing]

i think both are responisble. teachers are supposed to watch kids if they get rowdy or out of control...

muesum is also responsible because they should have posts or gate to avoid ppl to touch the painting. or have a security guard each room.

here in D.C... there is gates. plastic covering the paintings....can not look up to see the real painting just a little distance....or you can see close up if it is secured by plastic or glass covering... damn....

 

[downing]

i think 12 yrs old knew what he was doing....my 4 yrs and 2 yrs old boys knows not to touch when I go into the store. I tell them hands in pocket, no touching, you will break, hands in pocket... I keep real real close eye on them. holding their hands or on their head. to keep under my control.....that boy knew better than just sticking gum on the painting. I bet you 100 percent he was troubled and spoiled child trying to stir up to get some attention.

 

[Cheri]

Well, the boy made a minor mistake, Who hasn't? Adults have made mistakes, children have made mistakes, teens have made mistakes after all nobody is perfect, He learned his lesson. Let's not bring this 12 years old kid down, just because of one mistake, after all he got disciplined.

 

[downing]

you bet he got discplined. i wonder if his parents have to pay his damage to the painting. I can not comphrend how much that would cost.. ouch.....bye bye college fund.

 

[Opal]

Well.

He must be the secret son of Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson)!!!!!!!!

Umm, back to topic,

In shops around here I often see a playcard/slogan "Nice to touch, if YOU break, consider its sold"


I agreed.

Friend of mine's 3 years old daughter broken the fish tank at the pet shop, yes the fish tank was display lower shelf, at the pet shop. She paid it in full two weeks before christmas .

It would be difficult and costly to higher the items/ornaments out of reach from the children!!

 

[Liebling:-)))]

i think both are responisble. teachers are supposed to watch kids if they get rowdy or out of control...

Yes, it's teacher's responsible to guide the students to any trips but I can understand that it's not very easy to keep an eye on every single kids. Could you image how could you keep your eye on 30 kids on your own? It would be nicer when the kids show their respect on the rules for not touch anything but one of kids show disrespect and put the gum on the picture which it mean that he didn't care or doesn't obeys the rule.

muesum is also responsible because they should have posts or gate to avoid ppl to touch the painting. or have a security guard each room.

here in D.C... there is gates. plastic covering the paintings....can not look up to see the real painting just a little distance....or you can see close up if it is secured by plastic or glass covering... damn....

Well I have some value items etc in my house... Why should I protect them from my children? No, my children should learn how to respect why they should not play with them or touch them... Its about respect, the childrens should learn. I beleive that Art Galleries have restricted to let customers know that the pictures should not be touch, no smoking, food etc. It's customers who should learn to obey the rules.

 

[DeafMonkey]

Mr Bean

ahhh that remind me from on the movie that Mr. Bean stick the gum on the art gallery on the movie .. ah like 12 yrs old boy stick the gum on the art gallery.
tsk tsk

 

[TweetyBird]

well boy know better not put gum on it.. cuz of there are worth and it keep clean... so his parents didnt teach him right thing to do... really his parents fault not teach him to keep hands in pocket also boy's fault, he should wise and think should not do that anyway..

 

[Liebling:-)))]

Well, the boy made a minor mistake,

minor mistake? To me, it's huge because the children must have known that there're rubbish bin around, they should throw to, not press old chewing gum on the pictures or anything...

A "minor" mistake costs already 1 million. Is it okay to you?

12 years old knows where he should throw his old chewing gum to. Don't he know there're rubbish bin around?

I can image how boy's parents feel...

Who hasn't? Adults have made mistakes, children have made mistakes, teens have made mistakes after all nobody is perfect,

Yes... but with this issue is totally different... because it's disrespect/disobey what he made because 12 years old KNOW it's wrong...

He learned his lesson. Let's not bring this 12 years old kid down, just because of one mistake, after all he got disciplined.

He learn his lesson?

Not let 12 years old down because of just one mistake?

Where have he and his parents get money to pay back for the damage he had done... ? I feel bad for his parents. I can image how his parents feel when I'm in their shoes.

We don't consider it as "minor or just one mistake" because he know it's wrong to press the chewing gum on the picture, or stealing the pictures, or spray color on the pictures, or cut the picture.

 

[Opal]

Originally Posted by Tamara
Mr Bean

ahhh that remind me from on the movie that Mr. Bean stick the gum on the art gallery on the movie .. ah like 12 yrs old boy stick the gum on the art gallery.
tsk tsk

Yes that's what I was thinking at first LOL Will this 12 years old boy find something to cover up his mistake, re-painting this picture like Mr Bean did?

 

[Liebling:-)))]

Well.

He must be the secret son of Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson)!!!!!!!!

Ahhhh I remember from watch TV about him and Art Gallary... I can't stand him...

Umm, back to topic,

In shops around here I often see a playcard/slogan "Nice to touch, if YOU break, consider its sold"


I agreed.

Yes, I have seen any stores with restricted to let us know that we should not touch anything... I teach my children to respect every stores's rules including resturants, too.

Friend of mine's 3 years old daughter broken the fish tank at the pet shop, yes the fish tank was display lower shelf, at the pet shop. She paid it in full two weeks before christmas .

It would be difficult and costly to higher the items/ornaments out of reach from the children!!

It sound that it's accident what your friend's daughter did. I'm afraid yes, the parents have to cover the cost of the damages what their children have done... That's why we have private insurance to make sure if any happened to us then the insurance will cover. Like what my son did snowball on driver's car window screen (remember my other thread)...


but what I can see that 12 years old boy did out of purpose, not accident.

 

[downing]

if my child did something like this and the damage is $1M... there is no way in world I can afford to pay that.. I would have died...I can not image that cost...

 

[horselover61]

Well that boy is in academy school which is private school and I am not surprise that he misbehave. Surely he deserved the punishment.

 

[Y]

if my child did something like this and the damage is $1M... there is no way in world I can afford to pay that.. I would have died...I can not image that cost...

Yeah, there is no way we can afford this..

Hmm, I wonder what kind of Insurance would cover this
for you ?

 

[Angel]

I'm sure we all did some silly things when we were younger, I'm sure the 12 years old boy didn't know the painting was worth alot more, beside, I'm sure he learn his lesson, and I do think the museum needs some sort of protection on things that are worth of alot of money afterall, the museum knows that there's going to be children from school coming to visit as a field trip, and accidents do happen, you can't expect every child to know the value of each items at the museum, I'm not trying to makes excuses here but it's the same way as the collections that you and I may have in our homes, sometimes we have to have something to protect those collections that are worth alot of money, cause kids intend to run around the house or throw balls even they know that it's wrong to do, I'm sure the 12 years old boy didn't relized he damage a million dollar worth of art picture, but now he knows what he did was wrong, and the next time he visit the museum he will know not to mess with any items there....


Afterall, we made many mistakes when we are younger, even we knows whats right and wrong, it's all about growing up and learn by those mistakes...

 

[DeafMonkey]

Yes that's what I was thinking at first LOL Will this 12 years old boy find something to cover up his mistake, re-painting this picture like Mr Bean did?

yeahh .. but tsk ts 12 yrs old stick the gum on the art gallery. .