What Happens if You Accidentally Damage or Destroy a Priceless Work of Art in a Museum

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If you’ve ever walked through a museum or an art gallery you may have noticed that a lot of the art and historical treasure on display is completely exposed. In fact, with the exception of some of the world’s more famous pieces of art, you could easily fall over and damage much of the artwork on display worldwide, right now. So, what would happen if you did trip and accidentally damage an irreplaceable priceless piece of art? As it turns out, not all that much.
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[@thotpatrol3566]

Today I Found Out thanks

[@owenbalzer2901]

I know what I am going to do.

[@wilfriedklaebe]

Someone should have to pay damages here though: edition.cnn.com/2018/09/02/americas/brazil-national-museum-fire-intl/index.html

[@WarriorVirtue]

Stories like this make me wonder why the actual art pieces aren't kept in a vault while replicas are put on display?

[@violetdusk1968]

They were free Masons

[@jacobc874]

I love that "shit happens" is actually legally upheld

[@LunatheMoonDragon]

Well it’s not *legally* upheld. If reported to the police and charges pressed, it’s likely they could be forced to pay. It’s the kindness and understanding of other people

[@robertf6409]

@@LunatheMoonDragon I doubt that. At least in regards to how museums/galleries currently operate. If you could truly be sued for accidental damages, it would probably involve signing a waiver before entering the museum, " _I assume responsibility for all damages intentional or accidental_ " or something like that.

[@LunatheMoonDragon]

@@robertf6409 Interesting! I hadn't thought about that. You're probably right!

[@thePrinceofFrogs]

The main reason for that is that everything in a museum is insured. So technically the art being accidentally ruined actually made the museum rich lol. They got the insurance money instead so the museum actually profits. But it has to be an accident

[@_JananaBanana]

>"So what are you in for?" >"I punched a painting."

[@liss2023]

Slick Dapper Mona Lisa looked at me funny

[@tristannantista2276]

Afro Man *actually is the destroyer of great works of art and is just trying to frame others

[@aquamelon0087]

>”so what are you in for?” >” I tripped and ripped the Mona Lisa in half, punched down about 30 priceless ancient Chinese vases, and accidentally put half a t-Rex skeleton in my back pack....it was all an accident, I’m telling you.”

[@Creed-lp4wj]

@@Sam-pv1hz A painting of flowers that's worth billions is bulshit.

[@Creed-lp4wj]

@@aquamelon0087 That's called over exhagerating

[@juliusseizure6699]

I mean it is priceless.... So it shouldn’t be worth anything.

[@richtigmann1]

yeah

[@dustinhargrove2129]

Why don’t they just make another

[@Shaw4123]

Sesquac Art places be like: BROTHERRRRSJXENDH!!! ME ANDDDD DATTSTGS OLD PAITNITG GOT HISTORY!!!!

[@dustinhargrove2129]

Maui The Pug yuuuuup 😂

[@FirstnameLastname-es1ko]

Sesquac you can’t just make another..every painting is unique unless it is created with the aid of technology, and one of the only reasons a painting is so valuable is the fact it is created with the careful human hand and that it’s 100% unique. You cannot just ‘make another’ lol

[@Ved000000]

"This is art, Consuela, you don't throw it in the trash." "No, no...I clean."

[@UnremarkableKevin]

Funny and a little racist... Nice one

[@ashlyrz252]

It's a reference from a TV show "Family Guy" which is an adult cartoon..... and all I can really say in their defense is, they talk trash about literally everyone.

[@_el_del_bajo5_]

Vedran Noneofyourbusiness lol my aunt cleans houses for a living I can see dat happening 🇲🇽😂

[@amedsam1741]

Sorry no ingles as he puts it in the trash

[@lordvisserys9187]

@@osayemeokwechime2456 It's a reference but ok.

[@alexmann152]

The moment when the cleaning lady cannot tell the difference between the art and the trash

[@linda10989]

Alex Mann Priceless!

[@BernardoMcTreble]

Lol modern art is literally trash

[@batheandrelaxinmyshit6344]

Alex Mann village people

[@GenJotsu]

Don't mess with her; she has a lot of experience with the latter as well.

[@nightterror6727]

It was probably Squidward's painting Bold and Brash.

[@xKarnage74]

5:27 "I call this Bold and Brash." "More like 'belongs in the trash' "

[@Wawagirl17]

This deserves more upvotes. It's literally the first thing I thought of.

[@m1n3c7afty]

@@Wawagirl17 same lol

[@alienplatypus7712]

Bold and Brash is an absolute masterpiece of a self critical self portrait though, the art collector really missed up on an opportunity of a lifetime. Squidward is such an underrated painter.

[@137_Diego_]

I am both outraged and deeply saddened that this comment doesn't have atleast 1.5k likes. Buncha uncultured swine, I tell ya! 😂

[@jaimezarco9271]

How did that guy that destroyed Michelangelo’s toe manage to sneak a whole sledgehammer into a museum???

[@MarcusWolschon]

It was just a geologist's hammer and Basilica Sancti Petri is not a museum. It sometimes houses up to 80 thousand people if you include the St. Peter's Square. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%C3%A0_(Michelangelo)

[@xyxxyyxx]

@@MarcusWolschon you're thinking of the pieta not david, which was damaged by a hammer concealed in a jacket and is standing in the galleria dell'Accademia in florence. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(Michelangelo)

[@Gottaculat]

Yeah, concealing a sledge hammer... Now THAT is an art!

[@tullac3386]

@@Gottaculat thats what i pay to see when i got to a mueseam

[@shawnthompson3059]

He probably looked like a white guy while walking in. Had a young black man walked in with a bag of Skittles Swat team would have shown up shooting up the while using flash grenades and tear gas to prevent him from accidentally getting a multicolored sugary fingerprint on a hand rail. Then charge the poor kid for damage to said Museum.

[@JoshSweetvale]

When I was young I'd thought you'd get executed. When I was a teenager I thought you'd have to pay the market price of the artwork to the museum.

[@JoshSweetvale]

@Gizio the Jackal "Off with his head" was the catchphrase of the Queen of Hearts. Half the shows on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network are and were 'kids oopsing into life-threatening trouble'. Especially in the 90's! The world's a dangerous place for a kid if you believe the TV.

[@waluigi3515]

@@JoshSweetvale seems legit, I always thought that you payed for it until this video, tho I always questioned how paying for it would help. Maybe some professionals could "fix" it...?

[@mumbpoon9986]

That basically is execution tho

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

@@waluigi3515 Put it this way, I think the museum will probably realise that the average person isn't likely to be able to pay for it!

[@Tuck-Shop]

I tripped over and bumped into an exhibit in the bovington museum. I got concussion as it's a tank museum

[@AndyChamberlainMusic]

it is a crime that this is not the top comment

[@UltimateRT]

You could say the exhibit tanked the damage well.

[@mariusrichters6297]

UltimateRT tank you

[@thezenv]

Now, let’s say, hypothetically, shorty had them apple bottom jeans. And, for the sake of the argument, the boots with the fur. She’d theoretically have the whole club looking at her. If she hits the floor, next thing you’d know... shorty would have gotten low.

[@miaungxisung9071]

Actually no because you own it and delending on the state you live in you can do what you want to your own property

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

*The Mona-Lisa was a painting of (puke) Bruce-Caitlyn.*

[@DsiakMondala]

You might need to sign a lot of contracts to paintings like this that won't allow it.

[@GFSLombardo]

Before commercial paints were available old paints were mixed by hand and were often made with interesting materials: lead, arsenic, mercury, urine, ,etc. Plus the frames and canvases probably have had some interesting bacteria on them not to mention insect and animal droppings over the centuries BON APPETIT!

[@SlicedBread2014]

The painting is also painted an a piece of wood.

[@Ajehy]

As a museum employee, all this discussion of damage to valuable, one-of-a-kind pieces is kinda making me hyperventilate.

[@elfodelputoinfierno]

As a future museum employee, I too am hyperventilating.

[@nerdinb.3571]

What does that mean

[@iRazenrak]

I heard most pieces in museums are replicas anyway, with the actual pieces being hidden in vaults.

[@Ajehy]

This animator - “hyperventilate” means “breathe really fast like you’re having a panic attack and are about to pass out.

[@Ajehy]

iRazenrak - It depends on the museum. The living history museum I worked at had working pieces we used for demos (like cooking & smithing) as well as real 1840’s furniture and items. I personally used a 190-year-old “great loom” for weaving that was literally 8’ tall. I had to sit in it.

[@thecanucklehead3034]

A lot of people probably would have never heard of these artifacts if it werent for these people breaking them. In a funny way, that will keep their history going

[@affinityforanime]

If a janitor mistakes your "modern art" for trash, it's probably not art.

[@KingsleyIII]

@affinityforanime: I agree. If you don't want your art to be mistakenly thrown into the trash, don't lay literal trash out in the gallery and claim that it's art. I don't blame those cleaners for thinking those "artworks" were meaningless trash. Who assumes that boxes lying around is art?

[@saadhero9107]

affinityforanime some people Call everything art look that leaf is a work of art look look look look this box is a work of art Janitor why so much trash here

[@petergray2712]

affinityforanime Or he's an art critic in disguise

[@MackenziiRivers]

Art Isnt just face value though, its the reason and the story behing it and the artist also.

[@newmle]

Kind of like taking 3 blank white panels and calling it art. That's a thing! It is not art! You have to be stupid to pay more than the cost of materials for such a piece.

[@elnericoo]

"A bunch of cardboard boxes haphazardly strewn across the floor" = Modern Art

[@geminirox8635]

Elric Win literal garbage was thrown into a room and called art

[@thenightchild42069]

Yeah who decides that some cardboard is worth $15k

[@generalmichaelconstantine4598]

You know your art is bad when it's being mistaken for literal trash.

[@leiajiang7877]

i mean i think i should feel bad, but i just cant

[@lordzaresh]

Art is subjective though, so something that looks like trash to one might be the most beautiful thing another has seen

[@DerickVonD]

@@lordzaresh People didn't view art like that until the modern era. Now someone can get famous and draw 3 lines and sell for thousands of dollars.

[@Kai...999]

I wouldn’t worry about uncultured idiots who spend most of their time on the internet not understanding art. And they don’t, considering modern artist can make millions on their work.

[@Kai...999]

Wooten You’re an idiot. There’s literally a course called art history in most high schools (I assume you went to a shit school though) and art has been analyzed even since ancient times. Just because you’re too stupid to get it doesn’t mean people centuries ago didn’t.

[@JuliaN-ti9zv]

Why the hell would you even display VASES of all things without any protection? What did they expect to happen when they set that up in the museum?

[@michaelabbott5999]

People would keep a respectable distance from it and be cautious in a museum

[@JuliaN-ti9zv]

@@michaelabbott5999 generally, sure. But accidends like tripping would maybe cause less damage if there was a glass case or something protecting the vase. Most people keep their distance though, that's right.

[@gabbycraft7035]

Michael Abbott of course there would be people who wouldn’t do that. Especially kids.

[@danielshrekoderbanner]

7:25

[@JuliaN-ti9zv]

@@danielshrekoderbanner Thanks for the reference! I listened to the video so I already knew this. I guess I didn't exactly ask for an answer with my comment haha? I'm just someone who doesn't want anything to go wrong (= breaking vases) EVER so security outweighs everything else lmao

[@RealHumanBeing276]

5:26 Paul Branca: I call this one Bold and Brash Cleaning lady: More like it, belongs in the trash

[@akigiladi5503]

Real Human Being I.

[@man-ob2jb]

Real Human Being I get it ( SpongeBob reference ).

[@aurawraxd]

Real Human Being lololll

[@elizabeth712]

WHY AM I LAUGHING

[@arvintis2293]

If i destroyed a $130,000,000 painting i would be on the floor crying of embarrassment and my future life.

[@pre-jordanbasketballfan7429]

DefineFox I would want to kill myself

[@alexties6933]

that would be modern art then

[@towermice]

DefineFox "uhhh my bad"

[@SooBeautyFull]

I would need therapy

[@jacobharris2792]

DefineFox I would be happy because some paint on a canvas should not be worth anywhere near that much money.

[@jasonchiu272]

Someone: oH No i TriPPEd AnD dEStRoYed a PaInTIng Museum employees: Understandable have a nice day

[@MrBeard17]

Security Guard: Go on, you little rascal.

[@liwendiamond9223]

"I don't understand. Aren't vases meant to be broken?" - Link

[@Matthew-sj2kp]

Museum employees are trained to deny entry to short blonde men wearing blue

[@normalperson5898]

*Zelda

[@colorbar.s]

@@normalperson5898 you what

[@MariaCruz-gh2xy]

@@normalperson5898 *Link

[@dylantryalot6187]

Matthew Ashenden green

[@misteryman526]

You would think that the $130Mil Picasso would have been behind a security shield to prevent thefts/accidents, and how do you value a bunch of cardboard boxes strewn haphazardly about the gallery at $15K?

[@danaphanous]

It's all the artist's name. Certain modern artists can do whatever they want and the circles that patron them all agree it is "valuable". If it wasn't this way, then nearly anyone could do something similar, but you can't because the modern art circle that values this stuff has agreed to only consider projects by certain artists in their group. It's essentially just another elitism movement. Nothing new.

[@Starannify]

"A fool and his money is soon parted."

[@danaphanous]

Yes, price is set by what people are willing to pay, but it actually is not even that simple for the art world because these aren't just simple individuals paying something. Critics, artists, and repeat patrons in the modern art world are kind of in collusion about value because it makes them money in the end. Art collectors actually make money off the whole business as well. It is a documented phenomenon that the first people who pay a lot for many art pieces generally don't lose out. Art value almost never goes down. Once you've paid X for something and its been given a stamp of approval by someone with a name that is what it is worth. When they sell it again or loan it out to museums the price they paid is now the "worth" of the piece and they make it back with interest. Which is why they are willing to "value" worthless things. As long as they are the first person to buy something and it is accredited by someone reputable or the artist has a big name, they will make the money back when they sell or loan it out later. This is why a lot of modern art is a bit of a racket. A bunch of art elites (collectors and museums alike) have agreed to give certain pieces, artists, or things value by putting their stamp of approval on it and buying it initially. They can then make that money back later by selling. You can think of it like an investment. I watched a long documentary on this process and why it works. At the end of the day there are "suckers" but it is not the repeat collectors or the museums who make their money back with interest, it is the individuals who believe the value that the critics and the first buyers claim something is "worth" and the patrons who support the modern art museums which have no shortage of new works to display since they don't take a lot of time to make. Now I'll add this caveat: there is some good modern art, but much of it is polluted by the modern art business model that I described above. Which is why you should trust your own sensibilities and only value things that give you a meaningful experience. Not just believe what the critics or price tag says.

[@akrybion]

MiSt 526 I am still relativly sure most modern Art is just money laundering. Or a neat investment, as a Picasso f.e. is sure to just get more valuable.

[@JoCE2305]

I read that as he said it.

[@isentient666]

I feel the social repercussions are far worse than legal ones.

[@Rohishimoto]

Darrell Lim only if you don't have to worry about money

[@Captain.Mystic]

Artists: HOW COULD YOU DESTROY A PIECE OF HISTORY LIKE THAT!? Museums: Entropy is a strange mistress and its gone now so... eh, just try not to come back.

[@bythefireside9447]

As someone who lives in Columbia, the destruction of the clock is literally the only thing that museum is known for

[@redbunny22]

if you're piece is thrown away by the janitor I think you need to re evaluate you're artistic vision just a little.

[@Shrreder]

jessica nairn "I call it, "Bold and Brash" "More like 'Belongs in The Trash"

[@benmorr]

Your. Your.

[@fishofgold6553]

+jessica nairn Fair point. However, I think you need to re-evalute your understanding of when to say "you're" and when to instead use "your". :)

[@armon9555]

Fishofgold6 it’s your in this case. You’re is a contraction for you are and “if you are piece” doesn’t work.

[@totallynotzokix11_mc21]

Can you not? Why so many "you're" s?

[@NoClueHonestly]

My friend dragged her husband to a modern art gallery. He hated every second of it and spent the majority of time leaning against the pipes and texting. Until a security guard came over and politely asked him not to lean against pieces of art.

[@RichterBelmont2235]

lol that's a good one. ^_^

[@gregoryeverson741]

i like when people take scrap items and make animals from them, that takes so skill

[@RichterBelmont2235]

Mr. Resetti She means whatever the man was leaning against is actually the art pieces but they're so bland he didn't even notice them or mistook them for some decorations, railing or description stand you typically saw infront of the "Real" art pieces. That's my interpretation and it's one hilarious jokes. Even more so if it was actually real. ^_^

[@josephpayne113]

Surise lol

[@PewPow]

The joke is much more dirtier, my friend. The security guard asked him to not lean on pieces of art referring to his wife.

[@izzojoseph2]

My friend used to work as an art transporter. He said they’d regularly destroy irreplaceable works of art and the director would simply shrug it off. Blew my mind. But, as you stated, it had to be a genuine accident.

[@istoleyourwalletwhileyouwe3356]

Obviously, you get cursed by the spirit residing inside the item.

[@wiiztec]

To be fair to the cleaning lady in question modern art and trash are often indistinguishable

[@pfzht]

Either corporate and sterile or literally unorganized trash lifted up as art.

[@deadweight7334]

@@pfzht the people that buy the art literally choose the price of the art and if they want they can donate it to a museum and it becomes deductable from taxes, it's a tax evasion scheme but the law can't do anything about it since it's "art"

[@endeavor44]

Very funny u made the joke in the video we all watched very good take my like

[@OmegaMaxter]

>putting up protection around IRREPLACEABLE ART is more expensive than an insurance policy on $130,000,000 works of art some part of that doesnt mesh to me

[@pifdemestre7066]

It make sense, people are rather careful, so damage are very uncommon (a few damaged art pieces compared to thousands piece of arts times thousands museum) Moreover in most cases they are not destroyed, just damaged, reparation is not so expensive and the art can be almost as good as before. I do not know whether or not the vases where repaired (that would be a big puzzle), but there where relatively cheap compared to other pieces.

[@varana]

Insurance also works on probability - and apparently, the probability of having your work of art destroyed isn't that huge. Most museums regularly change their exhibitions (or at least parts of them), and installing new casing for all objects temporarily on display gets expensive really fast. Plus it really messes with the ability to view the object, esp. paintings. And the longer a glass casing stays up, the more damaged it gets - while most people won't touch a painting, they won't have any inhibitions against pressing their noses, hands, or other things against a glass wall. And in the end, most art is irreplaceable. :D

[@RiJMC17]

To complete Varana's answer, I believe insurance was talked about in the video. Those museums could potentially cash in from their insurance if something is accidentally broken. They have very little means of profit and keeping all those art pieces intact costs a ton. So while they probably don't want you to break everything, they might actually be relieved when something breaks, as it may mean getting that very subjective price into real money.

[@Outwardpd]

They would still have to pay for an insurance policy, being behind glass doesn't make the risk of a 130M painting possibly ever being damaged any less of an issue. It isn't that protecting them with a bit of glass is more expensive than their insurance it is that it would be alongside that insurance anyways.

[@breannamay8800]

wei zhao Display cases for cost a few hundred thousand each. Plus they would still need to pay for insurance. Museums are expensive to run, and they do need to make a profit. They need money to pay all the employees, take care of the collections, and buy new pieces. Exhibits change pretty often, and theyd need to buy new casing for almost every piece each time they move it.

[@henrymarckisotto9025]

If I had priceless art or anything expensive and had cleaning people I would take them on a tour their first day and point out the stuff not to be touched

[@yanniskarageorgiou3573]

You do realize it was just cardboard boxes? You could just put more on the floor.

[@henrymarckisotto9025]

@@yanniskarageorgiou3573 what are you talking about? And I was speaking in general

[@Molly-wi3qw]

When I was a kid I took an art class at an art museum, a little girl in my class walked across an ancient Roman tile, the security guard had to talk to her, lol.

[@pwail3867]

Wow Vsauce sounds kinda weird

[@Tobberz]

Completely agree. It's dreadful.

[@monotonespectrum]

This guy's great compared to the FoodWishes guy. I hate how that guy talks

[@TartarianTopG]

How Quaint hahahahaha

[@SirZafiro]

+pescod96 aspergus

[@Virgo-zx3ez]

pescod96, aspergus 😂 wtf

[@556bc]

I love British humor, about how long those vases managed to survive until it met the gentleman who broke them.

[@bentramer682]

What makes British humor and gore different than any other country's humor or gore

[@mydickisincrediblytinyandi7380]

@@bentramer682 Well maybe because the incident took place in Britain.

[@kaiserkiefer1760]

@@bentramer682 because American tv humour is shit and British is good. That's my personal experience though. Ill explain why so you don't think I'm hating I love Usa. American tv tends to have lots of sound effects and dramatic music with over the top reactions. To keep our attention I guess. And some people translate this to real life. British TV tends to be more reserved and grim. I guess you could say cold. Alot of it is unintentional for the show. But we the audience think it is funny. The best examples I can give are The inbetweeners, and any other show that has been remade for eachother.

[@TazPessle]

No mention of conservation? Its the work of conservators that allow these broken objects to be "fixed" in whatever way is possible and appropriate. Without it, the damage would be much more serious. Also, these objects are kept on display, in the UK particularly, as museums and galleries are largely publically funded. The objects therefore belong to the public, so access to museum stores and even having sacrificial objects that the public can handle are two increasingly common phenomena despite increased risk. This in short is ethics in action.

[@staceymulligan6486]

“You won’t be pressed charges” Every Karen ever: *_intresting_*

[@straightpixel9717]

I thought Simon was going to say "Hey Vsauce Michael here!"

[@Anehab100]

Popular trend

[@Amnesia1998]

*Michael

[@straightpixel9717]

Electric Titan :/

[@Amnesia1998]

StraightPixel *Simon *Hey Capitalization is important.

[@straightpixel9717]

Electric Titan >:/

[@markmozer3340]

Now im happy i can consider my bedroom modern art

[@ahollowbiscuit8550]

Márk Mózer ay what's your tuber name?

[@bigniper]

Tried that with my Mother; It Didn't Work.

[@djgulston]

Remember when Mr. Bean destroyed Whistler's Mother? I'm talking about the painting.

[@PartyMain]

If this video and comment existed 10y ago, you would have 20k likes instead of 20. Generation gap :(

[@andrekeith3912]

I thought you were talking about the Killer Bean movie. Yikes.

[@knucklesofficial9213]

@@andrekeith3912 sad

[@arcticwiz2249]

2nd best Mr Bean Movie

[@zacharypanelo2245]

I dont know why im wheezing right now

[@LucyKosaki]

*throws a bunch of cardboxes on the floor* "It's modern art, don't touch it!"

[@Huntracony]

I can't stand it when musea have those ankle level rope fences that make me scared to move at all as they are just prime for tripping over into valuable art.

[@LarryOfilms]

Huntracony I agree. It always makes me nervous and I always look down most of the time taking time away from actually viewing the paintings!

[@GoodGamer3000]

You edited the comment, but didn't fix spelling errors?

[@GoodGamer3000]

Sorry, it wasn't a spelling error, just a word no one ever uses.

[@Huntracony]

GoodGamer3000 Rules, What word do you think no one ever uses?

[@klutterkicker]

I think usually those rope fences have slack that would give if you stepped into or onto it.

[@TheMoonsMelody]

Well if you accidently break a priceless vase in a music room you have to join the Ouran High School Host Club.

[@AwesomeRara]

Rebecca Andrews KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE

[@strawberrymilksamurai]

I was looking for this comment

[@clickforfuckall6884]

You're a weeb.... And so am i

[@mehditabti2658]

Having a bronie profile pic, your argument doesnt count

[@TheMoonsMelody]

CristalSoldier what are you talking about? Because i have a brony profile pic i cant reference one of my favorite animes?

[@TrashPanda5150]

Legend has it that Simon's black t-shirt is actually very well groomed chest hair.

[@emilysuzanne438]

I can’t unsee this

[@SteelyDanUnofficial]

>"So what are you in for?" >"I ate banana."

[@scissorcize]

Some of these accidents just make the history of the piece more interesting.

[@batheandrelaxinmyshit6344]

Jonathan Baltzly no

[@Stingnu]

You and I are weirdos yeah

[@apebblebutt6009]

Trace LaCasto maybe

[@tibfulv]

Indeed, Rembrandt's _The Night Watch_ (Really the _Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq_) has been restored multiple times. I remember reading an article on the apparently 40s restoration that re-established that the scene was a bright one in the 80s.

[@user-ik8oq1ob4n]

Simple... IT BECOMES MODERN ART!!

[@user-ik8oq1ob4n]

steak man lol

[@jhudiel3303]

Cant argue with that

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

here's a like.

[@dusterdude238]

they could say "now its Baroque!"

[@OrangeDaisy123]

Next2Me YT MY EXACT THOUGHT AS I READ THE TITLE

[@krystianzajda]

Basically if you didn't do it on purpose there are no consequences. If you did it on purpose there will be consequences: jail/fines

[@mariahestrada8785]

Artist:"I call it bold and brash." Cleaning lady: "More like, belongs in the trash."

[@yumi15431543]

This comment deserves more likes

[@hiimryan2388]

Mariah Estrada the rhyming is so good I can't hold the mayo any l longer

[@wraithgames]

Funny story: We turned one of our games, Radarkanoid, into a physical arcade cabinet which was then featured as part of an exhibit at a museum. The thing was a huge pain to move in, and required some setup when we finally did. Being an arcade machine, it had to be kept on at all times and, if shut off, there was some special software maintenance that had to be done before it could run properly. I kid you not, every day for about a week we were called in to start the game back up because it had been unplugged! The museum put a sign on it saying it wasn't to be unplugged, and then a second sign on the wall. They ended up actually having to make an apparatus that covered the outlet to keep people from unplugging it (which was later moved and the game was unplugged again)! Turns out it was a member of the cleaning staff who assumed it was left running by mistake... despite all of the precautions to stop them!

[@gaius_enceladus]

That cleaning lady deserves a *medal*, putting the "modern art" where it belonged!

[@ellaphx]

When I was a kid, my family went to a museum where they were displaying Blue Poles by Jackson Pollock. Knowing its value, I thought it would be funny to get my brother's attention and pretend to scribble something on it with an invisible pen (I was young, it seemed hilarious at the time). Alarms went off, security guards appeared, and I burst into tears lol

[@walteracevedo5105]

"Look, Squidward. It's Old, Bold and Brash."

[@pokerandphilosophy8328]

It all depends how cool the museum director is. I went to the Korean Revolution Museum in Pyongyang and accidentally drew a mustache on Kim Jong-il's portrait with a dark marker. The director was not cool and I got 30 years hard labor.

[@l.rex1696]

PN Houle seriously?

[@swagman704]

Obviously fake, I did the same and I got experimented on for 60 years

[@slopcrusher3482]

Wow, you must have gotten a really chill museum director!

[@Scrambles1]

Geez, you guys got off lucky,I got excited and my family is doing hard labor 15 yrs later!

[@luisgonzalez5482]

Lucky, I got executed last night.

[@Palmieres]

I've often felt like coming closer to artworks, specifically paintings to get a nice look at the brush strokes. But I also know I shouldn't. It would be very nice, if costly, to alter the instalations providing a safety barrier which allowed a visitor to get *really* close but still stop within reasonable distance. I suggest moats.

[@dusterdude238]

with alligators?

[@blazerlazer55]

and sharks

[@Palmieres]

I like both suggestions, tbh.

[@SunburnCity]

how about shark-alligator-hybrids?

[@Palmieres]

Gleebroyable We might want to check with Al Gore on that, he has some knowledge of cryptozoology, and he was so enthusiastic about ManBearPig I doubt he would ignore other equally interesting specimens.

[@SorasShadow1]

I would be so stressed if I broke something like this, it's nice to know that they're lenient about honest accidents. I feel for that cleaning lady though, I'm constantly asking "hey is this trash??" before I throw literally anything away that's not already in a bin because people keep leaving stuff *near* the trashcan that *isn't* trash.

[@abnersalvador7133]

Imagine being the parent whose kid just fisted $1.5 million dollars on a "vacation"

[@rideswithscissors]

In the 70s this guy Laszlo Toth attacked the statue La Pieta, in Rome, with a hammer. His defense? "Oh my God, I thought it was La Piñata!"

[@lemao_squash4486]

rideswithscissors lol thats funny, is that actually real?

[@rideswithscissors]

The attack was real, the quote was not. Courtesy an old issue of National Lampoon.

[@julianadams3710]

Glass_girl Devious You stop, that movie is a treasure

[@rideswithscissors]

Let me clarify, I meant National Lampoon, the magazine.

[@dusterdude238]

HA HA HA!

[@eurovision50]

If you accidentally destroy modern art, they should give you a medal.

[@joshuahancock9492]

A medal for improving the artwork.

[@wahlex841]

>modern art >into the trash it goes

[@Novusod]

The reason modern art is valued at millions of dollars is because criminals use it to launder money.

[@jacobbarker544]

Nobody will notice

[@NetAndyCz]

If you accidentally destroy modern art...noone will notice.

[@archonandrogenpharmacokinetics]

Imagine getting your art thrown in to the trash because the cleaning lady deemed it that bad

[@hotsauceman976]

I just had a flashback to when I walked over a massive street art project and just ran off in front of about 40 people... I was 7

[@DrB1900]

I love the story about the scattered cardboard boxes! The king has no clothes :)

[@aliens3219]

DrB1900 ikr

[@shantanukawale9127]

Yeeep

[@dishmanw]

Well I someone who had a piece of art that looked like a huge wad of paper hung from the ceiling.

[@Estragon17]

DrB1900 love how folks who know little about art are so sure the know what is and is not art.

[@odriew5014]

Estragon17, If you need to be educated to appreciate "art" then it probably isn't.

[@_epic_dyslexic_]

As a artist and someone who is tragically clumsy this is my biggest fear! I have literally given myself a black eye on a doorknob! A DOORKNOB! Also bloodied my nose carrying a large bag of frozen pierogies when I tripped and hit my face with the bag but at least it was immediately iced by the bag! 😂

[@marythomson3110]

Iam glad you have a good sense ha ha.

[@zebnemma]

even tho I'm not clumsy I still get paranoid walking in art galleries. I honestly thought that if I accidentaly damaged some art I wuld be in debt for life!

[@poiuytrewqasdfghjkl8125]

Ruskie czy z owocami? XD

[@marcomartins3563]

Black eye on a doorknob? Someone call the cops, she's suffering domestic abuse.

[@nawman2033]

Its called the mr bean gene

[@jonathanwang7456]

Draw a blob of colors with some random lines around it, this represents peace and harmony. Wow it’s art.

[@smitty3624]

Something something "Ouran High School Host Club" joke.

[@managerofthecostumeparty5090]

Chief Shitlord I am confusion

[@RossWasTaken]

feel sick in my mouth for understanding that reference. ugh

[@tei4724]

@@managerofthecostumeparty5090 Poor-ish girl goes to rich school on scholarship, accidentally knocks over expensive vase in a host club, has to work in host club to pay off damages.

[@markwidell5782]

Dude looks like the love child of Binging with Babish and Michael from VSauce

[@Lyw1234567890]

This is... Incredibly accurate

[@Shell-wr5ie]

Wow didnt notice

[@milkhbox]

Shit...you're right. I can't under that now.

[@jud3775]

YES

[@yuhyuh7603]

Cooks for you while teaching you

[@partiallystars]

*accidentally breaks vase* KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE

[@virgiln.9058]

monochromevoid KAHAHA, Only time where breaking a vase was acceptable

[@emiv592]

Exactly why I clicked on this. Cannot believe that wasnt insured properly 😂

[@ohword9541]

"Papa? How come you can't go to the museum?" "I tripped, sweetie....I tripped...."

[@MrBeard17]

"Mama, is this true?" "Yes. But its not too late for you. One day you can grow up to visit the museum."

[@cako666]

When I was a kid, probably 7 y/o or so. I went with my sister to the contemporary art museum in san jose, costa rica. The last exibit was some kind of big vases with some colored dust patterns that were out in the open. Idk why my curious ass decided it was a good idea to poke it. That's when I realized it was dust and not some sort of solid substance because my finger just went through and fucked up about half an inch of the whole thing. Needless to say, my sister and I fucking fled the place on the spot. it's been years since I last thought of that lmao

[@grantspaete3677]

I feel bad for the maid who threw out the "art" of *fucking cardboard boxes*

[@LorienWicck]

No one was fucking them, they were just scattered all over the place.

[@SuperSMT]

She should be rewarded

[@grantspaete3677]

EM Conwi lol

[@trickytreyperfected1482]

Grant Spaete *The maid officially had eradicated the art of fucking cardboard boxes; one such tradition which we're glad no longer exists*

[@TheScientificCookie]

That maid is our hero

[@d_wang9836]

What if I "accidently" trip and destroy a piece of modern art?

[@ocoolwow]

[Yoshikage_Kira] aka Handy Man, Duwang Man, *chew* no matter modern art is trash after all

[@owensquelch449]

[Yoshikage_Kira] aka Handy Man, Duwang Man, *chew* people wouldn't notice for about 5 days because it would just look like all the other "art" in a modern art museum, after that i dont know.

[@Cronama]

You improve it.

[@jenjenneration]

[Yoshikage_Kira] aka Handy Man, Duwang Man, *chew* it becomes more valuable

[@basturd2725]

[Yoshikage_Kira] aka Handy Man, Duwang Man, *chew* I would cheer because modern art isn’t actual art

[@Jellyfish146]

That's actually really nice of them. They probably want people to feel relaxed enough to still go to the museum in the first place.

[@timtrainage]

5:27 That's because it wasn't art. In ANY WAY. "Modern Art" such as random cardboard boxes is usually a front for money laundering.

[@jonathanjones770]

Yeah, unfortunately you aren't the arbiter of what is or isn't art

[@DeoVindice999]

Apples in Mono If someone can't tell the difference between art and literal trash, it probably shouldn't be called art.

[@agiganticwatermelon9162]

@@DeoVindice999 Anything creative meant to evoke a reaction is art. The conversation started by the peice that you are participating in is where the artistic value of the work lies, not in its technical execution.

[@Marko_Djuricic]

@@agiganticwatermelon9162 Ok, so I'm in the hospital, people are trying to rest and I, out of blue, start screaming.. Is that art? I mean it caused reactions and it was more creative than putting boxes on the floor.. I screamed in F# just to be more creative.. Plus, I didn't know I was making hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of art everytime I was moving out of the flat..

[@agiganticwatermelon9162]

@@Marko_Djuricic Ya, it would be actually. It's a creative expression, you would be doing it in order to express yourself, and you're even holding out a note too. There's still substance there, you can assign all sorts of neat interpretations to that action. Maybe screaming an F# inside a hospital gives me some sort of revelation about death and dying, or the medical industry. Art doesn't need to be good, or intricate, in order to be art. It just has to be a creative expression. If you were actually a good artist then you *could* make hundreds of thousands out of your moving boxes :^)

[@teixeira476]

The only man who got charged in portugal for destroying a 150 years old statue was because he climbed up the pedestal (which was illegal) to take a selfie and ran away from the police.

[@mchjsosde]

EloctPT that'll do it

[@thearousedeunuch]

Quando e onde é que isso aconteceu?

[@bearcubdaycare]

@@thearousedeunuch Lisboa, no ano dois mil dezzeseis: news.artnet.com/art-world/126-year-old-statue-destroyed-by-selfie-493421

[@yul4206]

He did say this in the video dunno why your repeating it

[@JohnNNJ]

If you are going to promote something that is a "free trial", make sure it is a free trial. Having to enter credit card information so you can be billed, or locked into a subscription, if you are a minute late in jumping through the hoops to cancel, is not a free trial. Allowing people to sign up for a trial period, where the login and password are locked out after that period unless they choose a method of payment, is a free trail.

[@TrumpCardMAGA]

lol there's no such thing as a free lunch. Most of those free trials they are sending you something or giving you access to a service that they must pay to maintain. If you weren't billed in the trial period and you used it you got it free. And those hard to jump through hoops are usually a 5 minute phone call or 5 minute visit to the website account page. These days the companies that use that trial method don't make cancellations difficult due to the internet age if multiple people have issues like that it doesn't take long for it to damage their name making any future customers fearful. Yes there are plenty of people that forget to cancel in time and only get reminded by their card being billed but that's not the fault of the company. Most companies that don't use card verification methods have to deal with users that just use the free service and once its time is up just create another email address and start a new one. I had a roommate that had Sirius Satellite Radio for over a year on his phone by getting a new login every 14 days till it forced them to enter a card for the trial then if he tried to use another email it recognized a card used before and denied him. There are plenty of people that ruined that type of trial making card verification the only effective option.

[@acdcgnr100]

JohnNNJ in all cases it takes a couple minutes to cancel. If that's too big of a deal for you, to get a 2 month trial of something, then you're pretty fucking lazy

[@JohnNNJ]

Dream The Endless, Rusty Shackleford, the purpose of a free trial for anything is not a "free lunch", it is that the business believes its product to be so good, that after using it, people will want to continue to use it, and make a purchase. The company realizes it will not capture every consumer, but is confident this marketing option is good for them. This should not require credit data in most cases, otherwise it should not be referred to as a free trial; since in the least they are getting consumer information in return, something they otherwise would have to pay for. Plus, once collected, can be sold, bartered, or otherwise transfered for some benefit to them, such as advertising through them. This at their whim regardless of any terms and conditions, since they usually include the stipulation of being able to change at any time, and without notice. That fact is the process is mostly unnecessary unless the site includes adult content, which even if it did could be compartmentalized using the step for verification; similar in the way that if you are using KZbin when not signed in, it prompts you to sign in if the content is deemed adult. What really happened, was about nineteen years ago it was part of a child protection act, that in the least many companies began to use to fatten their databases, and many scams started. I have no issue with that law, I have issue when people use such a thing for other than its real intent; and now it has been going on for so long, people just take it as read it's what they have too do, which really isn't the case. You can scoff at being scammed as no big deal, but all it takes is one time to cost someone money and plenty of aggravation. Similar in the way a lot of gyms and fitness centers operate, and that may even technically go out of business, but are really just rebooted under a different name and/or "management", then it's usually not long before the cycle starts again. It's also pretty easy to look up how common it is, and definitely not just no-name companies, but involving what are suppose to be reputable companies. The ones you would find are only those that were big enough to make it to class action lawsuit and news level, there are still plenty handled by state, and even municipal, level consumer affairs that do not make such status; and just like every crime, what is addressed is only a representative sample of what takes place more frequently.

[@arielvinda6624]

Unless otherwise expressed that the takedown of the account needs to be processed, wich means it could take any deliberate amount of time for it to take effect, and you are not precisely entitled to know that amount of time. I know people who have been charged for that reason. "Yeah, you signed off 3 days before the closing of the corresponding month but it takes up to a week to process the take down of the account, that's why you have the charge on your credit card; your account was still active"

[@Dargonhuman]

Ariel Vinda This. My wife has gotten trapped in a couple of those scams, one time she called and cancelled within minutes of placing an order after she realized they were a scam. Their excuse when she called them to dispute the charges was the item had already shipped and she needed to return it before they could process a refund and close the account. When she called her bank to report the charges as fraud, the bank said they'd handle it for her as they'd been getting a lot of complaints about that company from other customers too.

[@najmaht.a.1314]

imagine all the unknown masterpieces that got damaged and went forgotten as time went by

[@ht21]

This genuinely relieved a fair amount of anxiety for me.

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

You know your "art" is shit when the cleaning lady mistakes it for trash.

[@esac7472]

I've always wondered what would happen when babies are mixed up in hospitals at birth (intentional or not) and its discovered especially when said babies are still fairly young but can understand what's going on

[@esac7472]

Noel Villasenor yeah lol, but there have to be cases where stuff like that has happened though

[@mokin-rui717]

I love watching your videos, they're relaxing, witty, humorous and extremely informative.

[@jazzcat123]

Well I'll be damned, 0:46 That's the museum I work at!

[@JohnMorley1]

I once fell on an Egyptian sarcophagos in Liverpool museum. I didn't break it though.

[@HishamHafez161]

We Egyptians make good quality shit ma fren😂😂

[@evilparadigm]

@@secretscipio You're an ass hole.

[@PegLegAntwon]

Hisham Hafez they were built 5000 years ago why are you taking credit?

[@3seven5seven1nine9]

Everybody hold up. He's true his ancesters didn't built the thing, but it's also true that he's Egyptian. He's a national of a country called Egypt.

[@FarawayStars]

@@secretscipio why are you so pissed, take a seat boi

[@nikanj]

Cardboard boxes on the ground? They ought to press charges against the artist for crimes against humanity. Modern art is infuriating. It's purely based around exclusive cliques, guerrilla marketing, and pretension. The artworks themselves can be literally anything.

[@elfodelputoinfierno]

Good to know that they can differentiate between an accident from intentional harm. Kudos to them for this!

[@Cryabetes]

“Kiss kiss fall in love” Please tell me I’m not the only one who thought of ouran host club from the title

[@bobbyharper8710]

A little super glue makes it alright.

[@tony91200211]

Bobby Harper if Doug tape can fix it then it's broken

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Accidents are understandable, but those selfie taking idiots should be charged and fined

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Alex I like the way you think

[@hornypervert3781]

Geralt of Rivia art is worthless

[@redoxam]

Horny Pervert well, modern art, some paintings go for hundreds of millions man

[@travissmith2211]

I do remember hearing that many museums had banned selfie sticks from display areas because too many people had tripped and torn paintings with the stick.

[@squibi-o5522]

Is it just me, or does he kinda look like Michael from Vsauce.

[@hiimryan2388]

Waluigi’s Cult it's his lost twin!

[@h3nder]

It depends,if it is modern art you get a big thanks.

[@Allurium]

Oneiroclast The modern art he refers to is simplistic and is considered insulting to old masterpieces since some modern art consist of blank paintings and a wall hence not as great

[@jesusmora9379]

alumium or a bunch of stupid boxes that do belong in the trash.

[@kellyharmon1661]

What happens, is that you're forced to join the host club

[@deanplays4505]

Kelly Harmon I appreciate this comment

[@Hot18Shot]

Or a literature club...

[@Allasdair01]

😅😂🤣

[@animeloverxoxo9392]

Hopefully, fall in love

[@mxymc]

Kelly Harmon kiss kiss fall in love

[@sebbb5980]

Lots of fun made at the expense of artists whose works were mistaken for trash here. I just want to take this moment and give museums a big kudos for being rather chill about accidents.

[@rj7716]

I was on a date at a museum and dropped something. I bent over to pick it up and my shoulder caught one of those large frames. Ended up catching the painting between my hands in a clapping motion. One hand on the paint, the other hand on the back. I felt like my heart stopped and then reved into full sprint mode. I hung it back on the wall and no one said a thing. - Vincent Van Gogh - The Old Mill.

[@BlueBD]

IDK seems like Modern art get mistaken for trash quite a lot more often then one would think....

[@area51escapee85]

Contemporary trash is art.

[@jebediah2699]

There’s a difference?

[@ErikBramsen]

What do you mean 'mistaken'?

[@bladesmann7593]

They know it's trash. That's the point. If you can display trash in a museum, then you have to question the definition of art. But then again... art criticism and appraisal is all bullshit anyway.

[@clown_lad]

Blue★ Seems like you dont really know what art is now do you kiddo? Maybe you just dont have the brain power to see the message behind the physical...how sad it must be for you :'(

[@anacarolinasouza9407]

When I went to Paris, I visited a museum with my family, but I was suffering from food poisoning unfortunately. However, I had a close encounter with a Monet in which I almost threw my lunch up on it. Luckily, I managed to find a safe artless corner, which was the next best alternative since the closest bathroom was two floors up and had a massive line. I was terrified of what would have happened if I hadn't managed to quickly get away from the painting in time and have my Dad pay a massive fine of some sorts. Thankfully it didn't come to that, but this video was really comforting to know, considering what-ifs.

[@xarmchia7750]

It's fine, you created your own work of modern art in the corner.

[@SamuraiBonesie]

The stereotype that the French make great food really is.. not true xD I think you're fine tho

[@Aussie.Owlcoholic]

How many people proceeded to stand around your pile of vomit admiring it? I seriously wouldn't be surprised if that happened seeing some of the bizarre forms of modern 'art' :p

[@Krytern]

Owlcoholic Gaming - Probably all the hipsters did.

[@eustacequinlank7418]

In my experience with some types, those that moan about modern art rarely ever engage with it and never visit galleries anyway. Why do they even care about what is or isn't art? It comes from a place of inadequate aloofness I'm sure.

[@bronkolie]

Imagine being the guy at your job who crushed a 100k painting

[@Sjackson2369]

I feel really bad for the person who suffers from a medical emergency. Hearing that some places are more concerned with the state of the person involved before the art though is encouraging.

[@adamtaddia8070]

If you give your "art" a price roughly equivalent to a car, and it can easily be mistaken for literal trash, then it deserves to be thrown away.

[@TheManyThings]

Okay, but what about when the Riddler spray paints a bunch of question marks all over the gallery?

[@julianadams3710]

TheMany Then Batman kicks the shit out of you, don’t be the riddler

[@magusxxx]

Fun Fact: Well known Native American blind sculptor Michael Naranjo was allowed to touch Michelangelo's David. They made a special scaffolding for him to stand on so he could closely study the statue.