Kids Make Winged Glass Angel Wingless On Int'l Museum Day

2016/05/24

Zhang Qianran

Program Code: 0909346160505009 Source: Tencent

On a day meant to preserve art, a glass exhibit at Shanghai Museum of Glass in the shape of wings was broken by two children while their parents stood by their side. The day was May 18 — the International Museum Day.

The museum kept open for free on that day.

The broken art piece is still on display with its name changed from “Angel is Waiting” to “Broken.” A screen besides plays the scene of how the kids broke it, to remind visitors to behave.

The glass artwork dedicated to the artist’s newborn daughter took 27 months to complete, the museum said.

The museum's surveillance clips showed two kids vigorously shaking the artwork before it was broken. There were bars placed in front of the exhibit but of no use.

To everyone’s surprise, their parents rather than stopping them, were busy clicking the scene with their phones.

Some social media users responded to the incident as follows:

The parents need to be educated first!

The art piece should be called “Reality” with artist’s open-mindedness, parents’ ignorance and kids’ mischievous behaviors.

The making took 27 months while damaging it less than a minute.

Naughty children are not adorable at all.

Such misbehaviors are not the standalone cases.

Cleaners at the National Museum in Beijing had to wipe the glass cabinet holding the artworks from time to time as quite a few museum visitors touched or patted over the glass while eating food.

An art piece was broken by visiting middle school students on May 18, the second opening day of an exhibition on graduation projects at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.

Behave!

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Kids Make Winged Glass Angel Wingless On Int'l Museum Day

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