> she gave unintentionally a little kick in the pedestal, which was enough to cause the sculpture to fall down.
I'm wondering, was she walking past? Or you know some women when they laugh, or angry, they involuntarily kick their feet. Cute, but kind of tragic if it was that. She must feel terrible.
This is absurd, and sexist, and though I don’t think you meant harm by it you might reconsider your model of how biological sex corresponds with voluntary control of one’s muscles.
Parent poster knows some women who kick their feet.
Are you calling them a liar? Who is hurt by the idea that some women somewhere have tick?
Are we now getting offended by any observations whatsoever, even if they aren't generalized to all women, or even negative?
But especially if it is an involuntary expression of anger, as you say, then advancing the sexist "You're Cute When You're Angry" trope[0] is not a great reaction.
[0] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YoureCuteWhenYou...
Why did they put no effort into protecting this piece? Perhaps because they could easily make another one if it came to it. I mean, it's just a ceramic duplicate of an ordinary balloon dog, of which a million or so are made at children's birthday parties.
Note, Koons himself produces work at scale in what he calls a factory and which is ... a factory.
A total of 799 editions of the sculpture were made.
*Completely made up number as I’m not an art valuer, but the point stands.
When my children were small, they were terrified to break things in supermarkets. I told them that it is always the supermarket fault when something is not fixed properly.
Of course this is for accidental damage.
That whoever should sue the show for anxiousness /s
In the opening crowded social event how can the sculpture be placed unsecured on a glass table - also, the sculpture had rounded smooth glossy point of contact (dog's legs).
The podium: https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/q_auto,w_727,c_fit/http%3A...