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12 Yr. old boy sticks gum on $1.5 million painting ![]() Boy, 12, Sticks Gum on $1.5M Painting - - - - - - - - - - - - February 28,2006 | 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. a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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So now the painting is worth 1.5 million dollars and 25 cents?
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2the9s said: So now the painting is worth 1.5 million dollars and 25 cents?
![]() Have you been watching the Antiques Roadshow again? a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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...i could STRANGLE that... ![]() | |
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That boy is going to get an ass whoopin when he gets home!! The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. | |
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Why is being twelve an excuse? I hope he got a fair disciplinary action so that it won't happen again. Jeux Sans Frontiers | |
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As he is 12 i think that the best form of discipline would be a wedgie | |
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What kind of IDIOT do you have to be to do something like that?! ![]() They should make him/his parents pay to clean it. | |
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I saw this on the news last night. This kid needs some serious punishment. | |
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dreamfactory313 said: I saw this on the news last night. This kid needs some serious punishment.
Kids on the street/kids on the beat/beat kids/beat kids ![]() | |
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TheSmyrk said: dreamfactory313 said: I saw this on the news last night. This kid needs some serious punishment.
Kids on the street/kids on the beat/beat kids/beat kids ![]() ![]() | |
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This has been all over the news here in Detroit. That kid needs a serious talking to. | |
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applekisses said: This has been all over the news here in Detroit. That kid needs a serious talking to.
He need to talk to a belt. | |
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evenstar3 said: What kind of IDIOT do you have to be to do something like that?!
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boys will be boys.
If he went out and got his 11 year old girlfriend pregnant no-one would give a shit. Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
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i don't think its okay he did this. but eventhough i am a strong advocate of the belt when a child gets outta place i don't think the situation was that extreme where he should've got his ass whooped. his parents talking to and punishing by taking his things away is sufficient enough. its only fair that his parents pay for the cleaning. | |
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I'm glad that the school and the boy's parents are taking the incident seriously. The young man needs a lesson in actions and consequences.
In Eastern Utah there's a National Park where there are dinosaur footprint fossils preserved along parts of a river. In, I think, 1999, a couple of boys, IN A GROUP OF BOYSCOUTS, damaged the site. That blew my mind. I'm firmly planted in denial | |
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i dedicate this next song to sammij:
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sosgemini said: i dedicate this next song to sammij:
![]() now...he's gimacing...think it's moreso the pain? or moreso the stench? ![]() things that make u go "hmmm..." | |
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Stax said: "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. ![]() "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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applekisses said: This has been all over the news here in Detroit. That kid needs a serious talking to.
Let's go over and get him! ![]() | |
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minneapolisgenius said: Stax said: "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. ![]() exactly. | |
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SammiJ said: things that make u go "hmmm..." or yumm depending on your sexual fetish... Space for sale... | |
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That's nothing...you should have seen what Muse did to the rare table at the Getty... ![]() | |
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Byron said: That's nothing...you should have seen what Muse did to the rare table at the Getty...
![]() I forgot about that! ![]() In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. |
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Handclapsfingasnapz said: minneapolisgenius said: ![]() exactly. that kid needs an ass whoopin. ![]() In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. |
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![]() who appraised this? ![]() i want their number cuz i spilled the container i rinse my water color brushes in and pretty much got the same effect, so i'm thinking it has to worth at least a couple grand. ![]() | |
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