Accidents

A smashing day out: boy accidentally breaks 3,500-year-old pitcher at Israeli museum

The Middle/late Bronze Age object was “pulled” by the “curious” four-year-old while visiting the Hecht Museum in northern Israel

Bienal de São Paulo restricts access to Ibrahim Mahama installation after child falls and breaks his arm while climbing on it

The installation features a reclaimed Ghanaian railroad track that visitors were previously encouraged to interact with

Florida woman mows down Damien Hirst sculpture with her Rolls-Royce

The work, from the series Hirst premiered at the 2017 Venice Biennale exhibition, is reportedly worth $3m

Tipsy visitor falls on Do Ho Suh installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

An attendee at a private event reportedly fell into one of the South Korean artist’s architectural installations made of bright, transparent fabric

Tehran museum director fired after artist plunges into oil pool during acrobatic performance blunder

Yaser Khaseb fell into a 1977 installation by the Japanese artist Noriyuki Haraguchi in the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art