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Boy Sticks Gum on $1.5M Painting

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Boy, 12, Sticks Gum on $1.5M Painting

The Associated Press
Tuesday, February 28, 2006; 7:40 PM

DETROIT -- A 12-year-old visitor to the Detroit Institute of Arts stuck a wad of gum to a $1.5 million painting, leaving a stain the size of a quarter, officials say.

The boy was part of a school group from Holly that visited the museum on Friday, officials say. They say he took a piece of Wrigley's Extra Polar Ice gum out of his mouth and stuck it on Helen Frankenthaler's "The Bay," an abstract painting from 1963.

The museum acquired the work in 1965 and says it is worth about $1.5 million.

The gum stuck to the painting's lower left corner and did not adhere to the fiber of the canvas, officials told the Detroit Free Press. But it left a chemical residue about the size of a quarter, said Becky Hart, assistant curator of contemporary art.

The museum's conservation department is researching the chemicals in the gum to decide which solvent to use to clean it. The museum hopes to make the repair in two weeks and will keep "The Bay" on display in the meantime, she said.

"Our expectation is that the painting is going to be fine," Hart said.

Holly Academy director Julie Kildee said the boy had been suspended from the charter school and says his parents also have disciplined him.

"Even though we give very strict guidelines on proper behavior and we hold students to high standards, he is only 12 and I don't think he understood the ramifications of what he did before it happened, but he certainly understands the severity of it now," said Kildee.
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"Even though we give very strict guidelines on proper behavior and we hold students to high standards, he is only 12 and I don't think he understood the ramifications of what he did before it happened, but he certainly understands the severity of it now," said Kildee.
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Bullshit. 12 years old is old enough to know not to stick bubblegum to things. My 5 year old knows there will be hell to pay if he puts bubblegum anywhere other than in a trash can once he is done with it.

Kids need to be taught right and wrong, and property value is irrelevent to that discussion. The fact that this kid has defaced a $1.5M painting and not the underside of his school desk should not be made an issue, though obviously it is what makes it news.
 
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crazybuckfan40 said:
That was the same exact thing I was thinking.

If he has to pay for damages I bet his parents are beating the shit out of that kid.
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imo they should have to pay for atleast part of the repairs. at the very least the parents should garnish the kis allowance and any pay he might recieve until he is 18 telling him its going to the repair of the painting and put it in a college fund. sounds to me like the kid is in desperate need of a lesson in actions having consiquences.
 
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