re: Boy trips in museum, tears hole in 17th century painting worth $1.5m

Asians are horrible in museums. They push and shove, talk loud and try to go around barricades to take pictures.

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Asian people are so awkward.

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It's a high-context culture. They're not boisterous at all, so to us in low-context cultures, they appear as "awkward."

I hear that Elias Martinez will be doing the repair work
Example of her work

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It's a high-context culture. They're not boisterous at all, so to us in low-context cultures, they appear as "awkward."

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So thats why Asian dudes can only land Asian chick's, meanwhile we can slam their chick's all the time

Get your shite together Taiwan.

This wouldn't have happened in China. That kid would have been at work.

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It's a high-context culture. They're not boisterous at all, so to us in low-context cultures, they appear as "awkward."

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I don't know what this means but I feel like you nailed it.

This is why museums have insurance. Poor kid.

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I thought he was gonna be freaking out on acid or something. Would have been a much better story.

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I read "trips" like that too at first.

And the damage is only on the bottom right corner, not even where the flowers are. Just crop the pic a little and--Voila! All perfect.

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I thought the real paintings were never actually out on display?

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That's more so for letters and other archival items on paper, not really for paintings. The barrier set up to protect this one is quite the joke though.

Edit to add: I also don't understand how he was able to get into the gallery with a drink. That blows my mind even more than the painting barrier.