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Employee Quietly Sneaks His Own Painting Onto the Walls of a German Museum

www.smithsonianmag.com

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They didn't say how long his painting stayed up before it was noticed.
If it was more than a week, I say don't fire the dude, give them a grant.
- Honestly I'd admire his bravado and leave it up. Makes for an interesting story for the museum.
- Tom Green did this decades ago.
why does nobody tell us what the artwork was
- In a previous article on this topic, I recall the museum saying they would not be showing the piece in an effort to discourage copycats.
Fired and a possible jail time for an amusing stunt?
The man attached the painting to the exhibition wall with two screws, leaving behind drill holes.
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The total damage is estimated at around €100 ($107).
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He is under investigation for property damage—and if he is convicted, he could face up to two years in prison, per CNN.
- 100 clams to patch and paint two drill holes?! Are they hiring?
- like it's not usual to remodel rooms in museum
  but I guess they have to discourage people from doing it before it becomes a trend
I colored a dollar store canvas at a brewery with my friend. When we were done we hung it on a nail sticking out of the brewery wall. It stayed up for over 6 months until one day I notice it’s not there. I’m ok with it, had fun seeing it there while it lasted. Went back last and week and saw they had just redecorated and moved it to the bathroom! What joy! It lives on!
That's awful. Poor bloke. Taking the work back down, filling a couple of holes, painting them and retexturing the wall after - you'd expect them to say "You can take that down and repair it on your lunch break" and just move on.
- To be fair it is Germany. It will cost at least 10,000 euros to do that and it will be the most amazing wall restoration you have ever seen. Which it should be because the team that did it have a special license in wall restoration.
Hey Germany, remember that one dude who was rejected from an art school a while back? You sure you wanna do that sort of thing again?

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