Some poor soul broke an $800,000 sculpture while trying to take a selfie
 

Some poor soul broke an $800,000 sculpture while trying to take a selfie
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Sometimes, art begets art. And sometimes, it destroys it.

Case in point: just days after Yayoi Kusama's immersive Infinity Mirrors debuted at Washington D.C.'s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, a visitor crushed one of her signature pumpkins while trying to take a selfie.

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A pumpkin similar to the broken pumpkin. RIP, pumpkin.

Image: Mathis Wienand/Getty Images


According to Artnet, a similar pumpkin sold at auction for nearly $800,000 in 2015. So this was a pretty expensive goof.

The room containing the smashed pumpkin — which has attracted legions of selfie-takers since it opened — shut down following the incident, but fret **t, pumpkin-lovers: it will reopen soon in all its Instagram-friendly glory. Read more...

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