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Child damages 50m Euro Rothko painting in Dutch museum
Child damages €50m Rothko painting in Dutch museum
'Art handlers' from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen install Rothko's Grey, Orange on Maroon, No.8 (1960), a painting including a large black rectangle and a small orange rectangle on a maroon backdrop, in the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
IMAGE SOURCE, AAD HOOGENDOORN/MUSEUM BOIJMANS VAN BEUNINGEN
Author, Anna Lamche
Role, BBC News
28 April 2025
A child has damaged a painting worth millions of pounds by the American artist Mark Rothko at a museum in Rotterdam.
A spokesperson for the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen said it was considering the "next steps" for the treatment of Rothko's Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8.
The damage occurred during an "unguarded moment", a museum spokesperson told the Dutch media outlet Algemeen Dagblad (AD) last week.
A spokesperson for the museum told the BBC the damage was "superficial", adding: "Small scratches are visible in the unvarnished paint layer in the lower part of the painting".
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'Art handlers' from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen install Rothko's Grey, Orange on Maroon, No.8 (1960), a painting including a large black rectangle and a small orange rectangle on a maroon backdrop, in the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
IMAGE SOURCE, AAD HOOGENDOORN/MUSEUM BOIJMANS VAN BEUNINGEN
Author, Anna Lamche
Role, BBC News
28 April 2025
A child has damaged a painting worth millions of pounds by the American artist Mark Rothko at a museum in Rotterdam.
A spokesperson for the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen said it was considering the "next steps" for the treatment of Rothko's Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8.
The damage occurred during an "unguarded moment", a museum spokesperson told the Dutch media outlet Algemeen Dagblad (AD) last week.
A spokesperson for the museum told the BBC the damage was "superficial", adding: "Small scratches are visible in the unvarnished paint layer in the lower part of the painting".
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