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A museum Taiwan recently told a kid to stop sketching a Picasso painting during a visit. The Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts accused the poor child of “ copying” the artwork. Lee Chia-yan, who is a p hysician, wrote on Facebook that she witnessed the incident and said it was “ totally at odds with the common practice of the world’s leading art museums,” according to Metro.
@MariaAragon64 extra funny considering China’s habit of copying intellectual property.
@MookyTroubadour
There's a whole 'village' of artists in China who make their living making copies of famous artworks. I've seen them on eBay.
“Arts museums should not be haughty and condescending to visitors. It is not a place for adults to be arty and phony, but rather a place pleasantly accessible to people, especially to children ,” she added. The museum has since apologized and said visitors are in fact free to sketch the artworks on show. [Metro]