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.
A pumpkin similar to the broken pumpkin. RIP, pumpkin.
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According to Artnet, a similar pumpkin sold at auction for nearly 0,000 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...