12mo ago

Artist says he will destroy $45 million worth of Rembrandt, Picasso and Warhol masterpieces with acid if Julian Assange dies in prison

www.cbsnews.com Artist says he will destroy $45 million worth of Rembrandt, Picasso and Warhol masterpieces with acid if Julian Assange dies in prison

"In our catastrophic time - when we have so many wars - to destroy art is much more taboo than to destroy the life of a person," Andrei Molodkin says.

Artist says he will destroy $45 million worth of Rembrandt, Picasso and Warhol masterpieces with acid if Julian Assange dies in prison

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This is a thought-provoking stunt. There's a desire to get upset about the deliberate destruction of art, but getting mad about what it would mean if the art was destroyed is directly tied to a world where Julian Assange dies in state custody, and it makes little sense to care about 16 paintings more than a human life, or the implication that we are not free to speak out against authority.
- to care about 16 paintings more than a human life, or the implication that we are not free to speak out against authority.
  I just wanted to pull this quote, because it's on the nose. With either passive or active participation, the mere suggestion of this act is polarizing and says big things very loudly.
- Assange is a russian asset, let him rot in prison.
  
  You're an American asset, I hope you rot in prison.
  
  Touch grass, troll.
  
  Nah bitch
  
  Yeah, to go outside you'd need to put on pants for once this year.
  
  Ahw man do I really gotta? I mean I was gonna... But then I got high.

161 comments