Advanced Level
The painting was exhibited alongside the paint cans and brushes that the artists used to create the artwork — which the couple took as an invitation to collaborate.
A young couple in South Korea made the grave mistake of a lifetime. They spent their Sunday at the Lotte World Mall in Seoul and spotted a rather eye-catching painting in the Street Noise exhibit. Interpreting the paint buckets and brushes lying below the work as an invitation to collaborate, they happily contributed a few strokes of their own — and ruined a $440,000 painting.
The anonymous twenty-something couple was blissfully oblivious to the fact that they had just become vandals. They genuinely believed it was a participatory work, because of the paint and brushes underneath.
However, the painting had been displayed this way since 2016, when American graffiti artist John Andrew Perello finished it before an audience for “The Great Graffiti” show at the Seoul Arts Center. Perello, who goes by JonOne, has decided not to respond to the incident. The culprits were caught.
Elementary Level
The painting was displayed alongside the paint cans and brushes that the artists used to make it — which the couple took as an invitation to collaborate.
A young couple in South Korea made the worst mistake in their life. They spent their Sunday at the Lotte World Mall in Seoul and ruined a rather eye-catching painting in the Street Noise exhibit. Taking the paint buckets and brushes lying below the work as an invitation to collaborate, they happily started painting and ruined a $440,000 piece of art.
The unnamed couple was entirely unaware of the fact that they had just done something illegal. They believed it was a collaborative work, because of the paint and brushes underneath.
However, the painting had been displayed this way since 2016, when American graffiti artist John Andrew Perello finished it before an audience for “The Great Graffiti” show at the Seoul Arts Center. Perello, who is known as JonOne, has decided not to respond to the mishap. The culprits were caught.
