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Granny fills in €80,000 artwork thinking it's a crossword

http://www.thelocal.de/20160715/old-woman-pensioner-writes-on-art-offbeat

or should oaps just be banned or have to pass a senility test?

No - but to be fair - if you label something with an instruction you need to expect it to be followed at some point.

Maybe a sheet of glass or perspex would have been a useful addition to the public display.

The gallery were asking for it:-

According to a spokesperson for the museum, the retired dentist filled in some of the empty boxes in pen.

A retired dentist surely can't be trusted near anything that needs filling in .
She probably just needed something to get her teeth into

I'm sure it will be recognised in some years that she actually enhanced the artwork. Now, how could you similarly enhance the work of Marcel Duchamps?

Bmblbzzz wrote: Now, how could you similarly enhance the work of Marcel Duchamps?

I think a careful selection of used chewing gum would do the job nicely

DaveP wrote:

Bmblbzzz wrote: Now, how could you similarly enhance the work of Marcel Duchamps?

I think a careful selection of used chewing gum would do the job nicely

Cig butts lined up on a window ledge would do it

Brilliant. Living art.

DaveP wrote:

Bmblbzzz wrote: Now, how could you similarly enhance the work of Marcel Duchamps?

I think a careful selection of used chewing gum would do the job nicely

reohn2 wrote:

DaveP wrote:

Bmblbzzz wrote: Now, how could you similarly enhance the work of Marcel Duchamps?

I think a careful selection of used chewing gum would do the job nicely

Gig butts lined up on a window ledge would do it

Well... neither of those is quite what I had in mind...

PhilWhitehurst wrote:Brilliant. Living art.

Whereas cig butts would be dying art