Basel, three-year-old girl breaks 50,000-euro work at Art Basel

Incident at Art Basel, one of the world’s most important contemporary art fairs: a three-year-old girl actually destroyed a sculpture by German artist Katharina Fritsch, entitled Fliege, from 2000. A fly (that’s what “Fliege” means in German) made of black-painted plastic, about 30 centimeters in size. The baby, escaping its mother’s control, swooped down on the work, which was on display at the U.S. gallery’s Matthew Marks booth, causing it to fall off the base and break its wings.

The Swiss news agency NAU reported the news. However, the gallery would not release more information about the extent of the damage suffered by the work, which has an estimate of 56,000 Swiss francs (about 50,000 euros). It is worth noting, however, that the Art Basel organizers reported to the press that, according to the gallery, the work would not actually be damaged. Perhaps for this time it might have gone well....

Pictured: the sculpture Fliege by Katharina Fritsch.

Basel, three-year-old girl breaks 50,000-euro work at Art Basel

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