Saturday, February 26, 2011

Titian gets vandalized, but its Okay.


The Minneapolis Institute of Arts maintains its sense of humor after a billboard, advertising its notable Titian exhibition, was vandalized.  The bare-chested beauty portrayed on the billboard was given a spraypainted red top to keep her warm in the cold winter weather, with the word, "Brrr!" accompanying the spraypainted adjustment. 
Rather than taking it down however, the museum decided to leave the billboard up, stating that there was some truth to the new display. "It is cold!" states the Minneapolis Institute of Arts head of PR, Anne-Marie Wagener, "it has that whole sort of funny element." 
Kudos to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts for exercising a sense of levity and some flexibility.

The Art Newspaper

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