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That feeling when you trip and punch a hole in a $1.5 million USD painting

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While it is a fear that very well may have never occurred to large portions of the population, for the more clumsy amongst us, a trip to the museum can induce intense fears. Knocking over a sculpture, ripping a painting, sneezing on the Mona Lisa; these are all long shots, but still, potentially expensive mistakes.

And, this exact, if obscure, fear of ruining expensive works of art was caught on tape this week. On a recent field in trip to a museumin Taiwan, an unidentified student took a digger straight into a painting by Pablo Porpora, which is valued at a cool million and a half dollars. Using his right hand, and the very center of the canvas to brace his fall, this young student found himself in quite the scenario, and, as the video below will show, he handles it pretty calmly.

Amazing. Fortunately for the student, he and his family will not be responsible for the damage, as it was clearly an accident. However, in a post on their Facebook page, the museum said that the ‘damage may not be able to be reversed.’

Banksy debuts incredible new ‘Dismaland’ art installation

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One of the most mysterious, politically-active, and prolific artists of our time, Banksy, has struck again.

The artist, who made a name for himself with some of the most progressive street art pieces the world has ever known, has now moved confidently into the world of sculpture and 3D art, retaining all of his signature snark, and intelligent political and social commentary.

The new art exhibit is entitled ‘Dismaland’, and the work is, as with all things with Banksy, thought-provoking, clever, darkly humorous, and overall, massively creative. While the artist himself does not give interviews, he has described the new art installation as ‘a festival of arts, amusement, and entry-level anarchism.’ He has also stated that he did not set out to ‘intentionally snub’ his more traditional medium of street art, but that other artistic endeavors just ‘seemed to interest him more at this time.’

Constructed in a space formerly occupied by a now-abandoned public swimming pool in Banksy’s native U.K. (in a town called Weston-super-Mare, to be specific), and the sinister, Disneyland-esque theme park opens to the public tomorrow.

MUST SEE Wes Anderson event going down soon

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While usually we would keep something this juicy, and already widely-attended to ourselves (just kidding, we would never do that to our readers–ALL the news that’s worth a reblog is our sacred mission here), we simply have to share this amazing event with our readers, mainly the NYC based ones.

This August, a Wes Anderson art show will be going down; and here’s the Facebook page with all the info.

Oh, HELL yeah to ALL that.

Anyway, if you’re not in NYC, hate Wes Anderson, hate us, or feel like you wasted a click on that, fear not dear reader; we have a classic Anderson clip to (hopefully) clear all the negativity (and to show you why his movies are some of the more unique and creative of the past 15 years). We love you. And, we hope to see some of there this August!