{"id":33475,"date":"2025-06-15T15:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T15:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tourists-break-crystal-covered-chair-at-italian-museum-every-museums-nightmare-has-come-true\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T15:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T15:39:08","slug":"tourists-break-crystal-covered-chair-at-italian-museum-every-museums-nightmare-has-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tourists-break-crystal-covered-chair-at-italian-museum-every-museums-nightmare-has-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourists break crystal-covered chair at Italian museum: &#8220;Every museum&#8217;s nightmare has come true&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Italian<\/a> museum is calling for visitors to respect the art on display after a tourist couple broke a crystal-covered chair before fleeing.<\/p>\n<p>The Palazzo Maffei in Verona, Italy, released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1267371921439764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">security video footage<\/a> this week that shows a man and a woman taking pictures of each other while pretending to sit on Nicola Bolla&#8217;s so-called &#8220;Van Gogh&#8221; chair. The art furniture is covered in hundreds of Swarovski crystals made from polished, machine-cut glass and is named in honor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/vincent-van-gogh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Vincent van Gogh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/15\/36ff6024-3d97-4af0-ae83-aa2a38458aaf\/thumbnail\/620x1077\/5179d3fbe09b7ad07ee418a523c2686f\/chair-1.png?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698#\" alt=\"chair-1.png \" height=\"1077\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/15\/36ff6024-3d97-4af0-ae83-aa2a38458aaf\/thumbnail\/620x1077\/5179d3fbe09b7ad07ee418a523c2686f\/chair-1.png?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A couple is seen taking photos while pretending to sit on Nicola Bolla&#8217;s so-called &#8220;Van Gogh&#8221; chair at the Palazzo Maffei in Verona, Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Palazzo Maffei Verona via Storyful<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At one point, the man appears to slip and fall onto the chair, crushing it. Museum officials said the couple fled before staff members noticed what happened.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every museum&#8217;s nightmare has come true,&#8221; the museum said in a social media post sharing the footage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/15\/93c793e2-4484-4abf-be3d-80b7cd2eda00\/thumbnail\/620x1037\/1eeb14f98c1ee9d4fc7978c90d7cd229\/chair-3.png?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698#\" alt=\"chair-3.png \" height=\"1037\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/15\/93c793e2-4484-4abf-be3d-80b7cd2eda00\/thumbnail\/620x1037\/1eeb14f98c1ee9d4fc7978c90d7cd229\/chair-3.png?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The couple left the museum after breaking the chair, without informing staff of the incident, according to officials at the Palazzo Maffei in Verona, Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Palazzo Maffei Verona via Storyful<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Museum officials said local police have been contacted about the couple, who have not been identified, CBS News partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn05dd4pz0jo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes we lose our brains to take a picture, and we don&#8217;t think about the consequences,&#8221; museum director Vanessa Carlon told the BBC. &#8220;Of course it was an accident, but these two people left without speaking to us \u2014 that isn&#8217;t an accident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Two of the chair&#8217;s legs were broken but the museum was able to restore them. The chair is back on display.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/15\/96ee6e24-7793-4f73-aff0-7086ea60922e\/thumbnail\/620x1055\/171d8e3ae2ab2c84b38ee880708cb52b\/chair-5.png?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698#\" alt=\"chair-5.png \" height=\"1055\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/15\/96ee6e24-7793-4f73-aff0-7086ea60922e\/thumbnail\/620x1055\/171d8e3ae2ab2c84b38ee880708cb52b\/chair-5.png?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The restored &#8220;Van Gogh&#8221; chair, made of hundreds of Swarovski crystals, after it was broken at the Palazzo Maffei in Verona, Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Palazzo Maffei Verona via Storyful<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Carlotta Menegazzo, an art historian based at the Palazzo Maffei, told the BBC that while the chair looks sturdy, the frame is mostly hollow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the chair was a note warning people not to touch, and of course it is placed on a pedestal, so it&#8217;s quite clear it&#8217;s not a real chair,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the BBC, the incident took place in April, and the museum only released the security camera footage this week to raise awareness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are sharing this episode not only for the record, but to start a real awareness campaign on the value of art and the respect it deserves,&#8221; the museum said in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>The Palazzo Maffei opened in 2020 and has 650 pieces on display.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/lucia-suarez-sang\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Lucia I Suarez Sang<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Lucia Suarez Sang is an associate managing editor at CBSNews.com. 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