VIDEO: Here's The Moment A Painter Smashed A $1 Million Vase By Ai Weiwei
Feb 19, 2014, 20:12 IST
Yesterday, Dominican painter Maximo Caminero smashed a vase created by renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, in an act some called vandalism but others deemed...more art, and even an homage.
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Weiwei said he was slightly peeved - appraisers valued the work at $1 million. Caminero later said he regretted the act. "I didn't know that it was that amount," he said. "I feel so sorry about it, for sure."
The video, which just surfaced from a group called CC Productions of Miami, is no less jarring: