An etching by celebrated Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali has been damaged after visitors in Yekaterinburg.
The piece from the artist’s Los Caprichos series — along with the 18th century
artwork by Francisco Goya which inspired it — fell to the floor when a group of
women tried to take a photo at the show at the city’s Glavny Prospekt
International Art Centre. The group accidently knocked over
a temporary wall in their bid for the perfect angle, damaging Dali’s
canvas and almost flattening (раздавить) a fellow
art-lover. Goya’s etching escaped unharmed, but the full extent of
the damage is still being assessed.
The women fled
(сбежала) the scene, but were
later identified and questioned by the police, who ruled that the
incident was “accidental” (случайность) . Gallery staff described
the visitors’ behaviour as “inadequate” but will also not be
pressing charges.
