Woman Damages Precious Dali And Goya Artwork While Taking A Selfie

People tend to take unreasonable risks when trying to capture the perfect selfie. Sometimes they may not even be aware of their surroundings and this can lead to disastrous consequences. A young woman in Russia has found herself in hot water after her attempt to capture a selfie resulted in damage to precious works of art by Salvador Dali and Francisco Goya

The woman who apparently visited the International Arts Center in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in a group accidentally knocked over a structure that had two works of art while trying to take a selfie. This, according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the country’s state-run TASS news agency.

The MIA has posted surveillance video online which shows three people looking at art in the gallery when a structure with two works of art falls over. A person can be seen behind the structure that has just fallen.

The artwork that was damaged by the fall includes a Francisco Goya etching from the Los Caprichos series and its interpretation by Salvador Dali. A gallery employee told the news agency that the frame and glass of the Goya were broken while the Dali suffered damage to the picture as well.

Yekaterinburg did not open a criminal case against the women who later explained that the stand was touched by accident when they tried to take a selfie against the background of the paintings.

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Adnan Farooqui
Categories: General
Tags: selfies, Social Hit