Painting estimated to be worth 40-50 million euros damaged by child: how could this happen?

A masterpiece was damaged in the Rotterdam Museum Boijmans van Beuningen on Friday. A child had touched the painting, causing scratches on the canvas.

A painting by American artist Mark Rothko has been damaged in the Rotterdam museum Boijmans van Beuningen. Scratches have appeared on the canvas after a child touched the artwork. The museum confirmed the incident to regional broadcaster Rijnmond after reporting by the AD. According to the museum, the canvas was damaged "at an unguarded moment" sometime this year. The scratches are on the bottom. "That was noticed in the gallery," a spokesperson…

A very expensive masterpiece from the Boijmans museum in Rotterdam has been badly damaged. In an ‘unguarded moment’ a child scratched one of the museum’s most valuable works, a Rothko with an estimated value of between 40 and 50 million euros. Who will pay for that?