Woman slides buttocks across $30M painting and urinates on museum floor.

[JDC]

You thought all the craziness was limited to people eating body parts and landmarks undergoing silly renames? Think again.

(Reuters) - A woman who punched, scratched and slid her buttocks against a $30 million painting by abstract expressionist Clyfford Still at a Denver museum has been sentenced to two years of probation, and will have to undergo mental health treatment, prosecutors said on Thursday. Carmen Tisch, 37, pleaded guilty earlier this month to felony criminal mischief for striking at and leaning against the oil-on-canvas painting "1957-J No. 2" at the Clyfford Still Museum last year, the Denver District Attorney's Office said. After causing an estimated $10,000 worth of damage to the painting, an intoxicated Tisch then pulled down her pants, slid her buttocks against the painting and urinated on the museum floor, prosecutors said. A judge sentenced Tisch to two years probation and she must also undergo mental health treatment and receive help for alcohol dependency as a condition of her sentence. She may still face a restitution hearing. The North Dakota-born Still was considered one of the most influential post-World War Two American abstract expressionist artists, but he was not as famous as contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock.

Still died in 1980, and Denver officials worked for decades with his widow, Patricia, to secure a single-artist museum featuring his works. When she died in 2005, she bequeathed her husband's collection to the city.

Four of his works were auctioned by Sotheby's for $114 million to endow the museum, which opened in late 2011.

Source: Reuters


What a shameful disgrace, doing this to the work of someone who has already died.

[Huntsman]

The more we go, the more Western world becomes creepier.

[Mikal]

Ok, wtf?

[SafetyMoose]

A judge sentenced Tisch to two years probation and she must also undergo mental health treatment and receive help for alcohol dependency as a condition of her sentence.

Shes getting the help she needs, although this story is pretty hilarious.. Wonder what compelled her to do it in her own mind.

[Gandalf]

This is the $30m picture. I guess when drunk she would not be the only person thinking to do this.

[SafetyMoose]

This is the $30m picture. I guess when drunk she would not be the only person thinking to do this.

 

[Ratko Gavrilovic]

This is the $30m picture. I guess when drunk she would not be the only person thinking to do this.

$30m for that.. Man I will never understand art.

[Alfreddo.]

This is the $30m picture. I guess when drunk she would not be the only person thinking to do this.

Owned D:

[JDC]

This is the $30m picture. I guess when drunk she would not be the only person thinking to do this.

Reminds me of some doors in my house, which is 40 years old.

[Mikal]

This is the $30m picture. I guess when drunk she would not be the only person thinking to do this.

How can something like this be worth 30million $?
It looks like some kind of urban military camo..

[Dolfagr]

[wise]You have to look beyond the picture to understand it's meaning[/wise]

[Hevar.]

This is the $30m picture. I guess when drunk she would not be the only person thinking to do this.

Serious? Who fuck can that be worth $30m. I can do a same picture and then sell my paint for $30m.

I cant belive people buy that for $30m then hang it up on the wall, that looks so ugly. haha ! I swear kids in age 5-7 can paint same

[Gandalf]

Art is not the work that is created. Art it to make people believe your creation is worth more than the cost of its components.

[Jubin]

Serious? Who f**k can that be worth $30m. I can do a same picture and then sell my paint for $30m.

So....get on with it. What's stopping you?