Title: Houston, We Have a Problem: Upcoming Menil Vandal's Exhibition Draws Facebook Fire
Link: http://glasstire.com/2012/10/10/houston-we-have-a-problem-upcoming-menil-vandals-exhibition-draws-facebook-fire/
What drew me into this article was a very similar thing that drew me into the article I selected last week. Last weeks article had a play on words, this weeks has a very famous phrase used in a different context then it usually would be.
The article talks about the upcoming exhibition of Uriel Landeros' work at the James Art Gallery. An uproar has occurred as the artist apparently defaced a Picasso at the Menil Collection last summer. It has caused many partners to split down the middle, including the partners who used to work the Gallery (CuertoJames).
I was shocked to hear that someone vandalized a famous painting! I didn't think that you could do that and go unpunished. Not only has he not been punished for it, but now he is receiving his very own gallery show. It's like a slap on the wrist and it's over.
I'd like to learn more about what happened at the Menil Collection last summer and the defacing of the Picasso. I've never heard of someone vandalizing a famous work of art before, so I'd like to know what happens when they do that.
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