Nowhere does it mention the nationality of the tourists, but somehow we all immediately know..
this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2025
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It's very likely it wasn't someone from the US. We got such a stigma from back in the 70's to 90's that Americans seldom behave like jackass's in Europe anymore.
Do we? My first guess was English but they could ofc as easily be American
My first guess would be Chinese.
The video shows, it isn't that they accidentally sat in a seat, but they were posing as if they were going to sit on it, but fell back into it.
It's fairly clear that he meant to touch and put at least some weight on it on his 2nd attempt. He only stumbled after the chair gave way.
To me it appears that he didn't sit on it at first, but then changed his mind and sat down. I'm convinced that what you saw as him falling onto it is because he sat on it and then the legs buckled. The buckling caused him to fall further back, because the legs were stronger when they were straight.
Yes, but that headline would get less clicks.
The museum is mad that they left after that, but honestly I'd be pretty terrified going up to them and mentioning that I'd fallen into a priceless artifact and broken it. In theory, they didn't put up glass, and as professionals knew that means there's a risk accidents could happen. In practice, maybe they're short on funds and whatever bureaucrat sees suing me as a way out.
A chair frame covered in glued on glass rhinestones doesn’t really sound priceless. It looks like something you’d buy at TJ Maxx.
I mean, there is that too, lol. I just have better things to do than start a totally subjective art argument.
Also to that point, they've already fixed it. Which might be why they didn't worry about protecting it that much in the first place.
In the Wyoming and Montana (Yellowstone) area we call these people "tourons" (tourist morons). Sitting on a priceless piece of art or petting a giant bison, it all comes from the same place. Profound stupidity driven by an unhinged sense of privilege.
To be fair, some of us are just really stupid sometimes.
I saw one where a lady jumped a guard rail and nearly stumbled and fell into the boiling hot spring she was trying to touch. Because I guess the steam and radiant heat wasn’t enough to tell her it was really fucking hot?
It has definitely happened.
Mmm… Darwin Award
Only if he didn't have kids.
Wow yeah that's a shit way to go.
I did find the one I was thinking of too, I remembered her stumbling around more but she just sorta clumsily sits down next to it (which isn't a great idea either): https://www.instagram.com/p/CtuCmrJAwk6/ (sorry for the insta link)
When I heard that term for the first time, it was from my wife. We love it and damn did we have to use it a lot towards people in the park.
If not chair. Why chair shape?
I like it. Let's get philosophical on this shit. What even is a chair?
Because it's 'art'
At least it's a dumb piece of art. Like, wow, you covered a chair in crystals. You're like a 13 year old girls jacket in the 80's.
They said it was art
But it crumbled before my fart
(Sorry)
Fart is art when it's a performance. But it can only be done by fartists.
But the artist said he could see a “positive side” to the incident. “It’s like a kind of performance. Ordinary people can do it too, not just artists.”
That's a healthy approach.
My brother is one of the more intelligent and scientifically-minded people I know, but I'll never forget the time we went to the Detroit Institute of Arts and he got yelled at for touching too many exhibits.
Curiosity is integral to being scientifically minded.
"and off they go. Indifferent to what happened"
Not sure about that. The guy was shitting bricks and they scurried off pretty fast.
They better not put up a crystal-covered toilet.
Why would you cover Van Gogh‘s chair in crystals? I love art but I could do without some artworks.
It isn’t actually Van Gogh’s chair, that’s just the name of the piece. It’s described as having a delicate inner structure covered in crystals (probably a wire frame). It’s not a real chair, which is why it collapsed instantly – it wasn’t created to hold any weight.
Wonder if the point is it's supposed to be gaudy?