25th
October
2006
How to mend a Picasso painting
“Casino mogul Steve Wynn ripped a hole through his $139 million Picasso painting while gesticulating at a cocktail party, reports the New York Post. Nora Ephron gave her own first-person account of the damage: It was ‘a black hole the size of a silver dollar … with two three-inch long rips coming off it in either direction.’ Wynn had just agreed to sell the painting; now, the deal is off. Is there any way to fix the ripped Picasso?”