Woman Arrested for Kissing $2.7 Million Dollar Painting
Normally a kiss as a sign of affection is a good thing, but when it happens in an art gallery on a $2.7 million dollar painting it’s not only not a good thing — it’s a crime. It happened last Thursday in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Avignon, France. The woman, 30 year old Sam Rindy, had apparently been admiring a 9′x6′ bone white painting by Cy Twombly valued at over £1 million and was suddenly overcome and just had to kiss it. She’s quoted as saying “The artist left this white for me.”
Yeah, well it’s not white anymore since there’s a lipstick imprint left behind. Ms Rindy is awaiting trial on August 16th for “damage to a work of art.”