The Daily Digest: Is This How You Treat Art?

Andrew Pok Chong Boon, Artist and Art Lecturer | Sharmin Parameswaran, Art Curator

20-Aug-19 14:30

The Daily Digest: Is This How You Treat Art?

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When you go to an art exhibition, do you think it’s ok to sit on the artworks, touch them or bring pieces of them home? Some people who visited the National Art Gallery thought so, and now some of the exhibits have been destroyed.

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Tags: Bigger Picture, Daily Digest, art, art etiquette, manners, respect, art exhibition, Balai Seni Negara, exhibition,

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