价值4.1亿画作展出时被小孩刮花

近日，荷兰鹿特丹博伊曼斯·范伯宁恩博物馆内一副价值可能高达5000万欧元（约合人民币4.1亿元）的作品，被一熊孩子不小心损坏了……

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🤔️小作业：

1. What is the likely reason the museum mentioned the 2011 Peanut Butter Platform incident?

A. To criticize abstract artists whose work invites accidents

B. To highlight that artwork damage by visitors has precedent

C. To show that Rothko's work is more valuable than others

D. To imply children are not the only ones who cause damage

无注释原文：

Child damages €50m Rothko in 'unguarded moment' at museum

From: The Times

A child has damaged a Rothko painting worth up to €50 million during an “unguarded moment” at a Dutch museum.

Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8, a huge abstract piece created by the modern artist Mark Rothko in 1960, will require professional restoration after being scratched by a child when no one was watching at the Boijmans Van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam.

The museum said: “Rothko's work has sustained damage: a number of visible scratches in the unvarnished paint layer. It was caused by a child who scratched the underside of the work in an unguarded moment.”

Despite the painting being one of the museum's most popular and valuable works of art, the child escaped the attention of gallery staff to cause the damage, which has yet to be fully assessed.

The museum added: “We are currently investigating, in collaboration with experts, what the next steps for treatment are. We expect that the work can be shown again in the future.”

The institution knows the identity of the child and the parents but has not made this public. There is now a question of how much the restoration will cost and who will pay for it. While the museum does not want to make any statements about the bill, it is generally the rule that costs are recovered from visitors who cause damage.

In 2011 the museum had problems with a 4-14m installation called Peanut Butter Platform by Wim T Schippers. Unsuspecting visitors stepped in the thick layer of peanut butter smeared on the gallery floor at least three times. They were given a clean-up bill.

The damaged Rothko was bought by the museum in 1970, the year the artist died in New York, and was one of his large abstract paintings with three “floating colour fields”. In 2022 the Dutch art collector Bert Kreuk estimated the painting could fetch between €40 million and €50 million.

In 2012 a man defaced a multimillion-pound Rothko mural by writing on it while it hung in the Tate Modern in front of horrified onlookers.

It has been a bad week for modern art in the Netherlands after it emerged that a town hall had thrown away a pop art silkscreen by Andy Warhol during renovation work.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Child damages €50m Rothko in 'unguarded moment' at museum

From: The Times

A child has damaged a Rothko painting worth up to €50 million during an “unguarded moment” at a Dutch museum.

在荷兰一家博物馆里，一个小孩趁人不备，损坏了一幅价值高达五千万欧元的罗斯科（Mark Rothko）画作。

unguarded /ʌnˈɡɑː.dɪd/ 1）表示“未防备的；无警戒的；未受保护的”，英文解释为“not guarded or protected”举个🌰：You shouldn't leave your bag unguarded like that. 你不能就那样把你的包放着没人管。

2）表示“不留心的；不谨慎的；不防备的”，英文解释为“If you make an unguarded remark or say something in an unguarded moment, you tell someone something that you would usually keep secret, sometimes in a way that shows bad judgment.”举个🌰：In an unguarded moment, I said that I didn't trust him. 一不留神，我脱口而出说我不信任他。

Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8, a huge abstract piece created by the modern artist Mark Rothko in 1960, will require professional restoration after being scratched by a child when no one was watching at the Boijmans Van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam.

《栗色上的灰橙，8号》（Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8）是现代艺术家马克·罗斯科（Mark Rothko）于1960年创作的一幅大型抽象画。该画作在鹿特丹博伊曼斯·范伯宁恩博物馆无人看管时被一个小孩划伤，目前画作正等待专业修复。

maroon /məˈruːn/ 表示“紫褐色，褐红色”，英文解释为“a dark reddish-purple colour”

abstract /ˈæb.strækt/ 作名词，表示“摘要；梗概”，英文解释为“a short form of a speech, article, book, etc., giving only the most important facts or ideas”举个🌰：There is a section at the end of the magazine that includes abstracts of recent articles/books. 杂志的最后一部分收录了近期发表的文章/出版的书籍的摘要。

作形容词，1）表示“抽象的；纯理论的；纯概念的”，英文解释为“existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a material object”举个🌰：Truth and beauty are abstract concepts. 真和美都是抽象的概念。

2）表示“抽象（派）的”，英文解释为“used to refer to a type of painting, drawing, or sculpture that uses shapes, lines, and colour in a way that does not try to represent the appearance of people or things”如：abstract art 抽象艺术，an abstract painter 抽象派画家。

piece /piːs/ 1）表示“（艺术家、音乐家或作家的）作品；篇，段，首，幅”，英文解释为“something that has been created by an artist, musician, or writer”如：an orchestral/piano/instrumental piece 管弦乐/钢琴曲/器乐作品。

2）表示“（新闻传媒的）文章，报道”，英文解释为“an article in a newspaper or magazine or a broadcast on television or radio”举个🌰：Did you see her piece about the Internet in the paper today? 你看了今天报纸上她写的关于互联网的文章没有？

restoration /ˌres.tərˈeɪ.ʃən/ 表示“修复；恢复；复位”，英文解释为“the act or process of returning something to its earlier good condition or position, or to its owner”举个🌰：The first task following the disaster was the restoration of clean water supplies. 灾难过后的首要任务就是要恢复清洁水的供应。

scratch /skrætʃ/ 1）表示“抓；搔；擦；划”，英文解释为“to cut or damage a surface or your skin slightly with or on something sharp or rough”举个🌰：Be careful not to scratch yourself on the roses. 当心不要被玫瑰刺扎伤。

2）表示“刻；刮”，英文解释为“If you scratch something on or off a surface, you add it or remove it by scratching.”举个🌰：People have been scratching their names on this rock for years. 许多年来人们都在这块岩石上刻写名字。

The museum said: “Rothko's work has sustained damage: a number of visible scratches in the unvarnished paint layer. It was caused by a child who scratched the underside of the work in an unguarded moment.”

博物馆方面表示：“罗斯科的画作受损：未上清漆的颜料层上出现了多处可见划痕，是一个孩子在无人注意时划伤了画作底部所致。”

sustain /səˈsteɪn/ 1）表示“保持，维持，使持续，使继续”，英文解释为“to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time”举个🌰：The economy looks set to sustain its growth into next year. 看来经济的增长会持续到明年。

2）表示“经历，遭受（尤指破坏或损失）”，英文解释为“to suffer or experience, especially damage or loss”举个🌰：She sustained multiple injuries in the accident. 她在这次事故中多处受伤。

unvarnished /ʌnˈvɑː.nɪʃt/ 表示“（说法）未加掩饰的，坦率的”，英文解释为“An unvarnished statement is expressed in a plain and honest way.”或者表示“未涂清漆的；未加涂层的”，英文解释为“not covered with varnish”举个🌰：You don't expect a politician to tell you the unvarnished truth. 你可别想一个政客会对你说实话。

varnish /ˈvɑː.nɪʃ/ 表示“清漆；罩光漆”，英文解释为“a liquid that is painted onto wood or paintings to protect the surface, or the hard shiny surface it produces when it dries”举个🌰：Polyurethane varnish provides a tough, scratch-resistant finish. 聚胺酯罩光漆可以形成一层坚硬防划的表面。

Despite the painting being one of the museum's most popular and valuable works of art, the child escaped the attention of gallery staff to cause the damage, which has yet to be fully assessed.

尽管该画作是博物馆最受欢迎、最有价值的艺术品之一，但孩子仍趁工作人员不备造成了损坏，目前损坏情况尚未全面评估。

The museum added: “We are currently investigating, in collaboration with experts, what the next steps for treatment are. We expect that the work can be shown again in the future.”

博物馆方面补充道：“我们目前正与专家共同评估下一步的修复措施。预计这件作品未来仍可展出。”

The institution knows the identity of the child and the parents but has not made this public. There is now a question of how much the restoration will cost and who will pay for it. While the museum does not want to make any statements about the bill, it is generally the rule that costs are recovered from visitors who cause damage.

博物馆方面已掌握该孩子及其父母身份，但未公开。如今争议焦点是修复费用的高低及由谁承担。尽管馆方不愿就费用表态，但按照惯例，损坏者应承担修复费用。

In 2011 the museum had problems with a 4-14m installation called Peanut Butter Platform by Wim T Schippers. Unsuspecting visitors stepped in the thick layer of peanut butter smeared on the gallery floor at least three times. They were given a clean-up bill.

2011年，该博物馆展出维姆·T·斯希珀斯（Wim T Schippers）的装置艺术作品《花生酱平台》（Peanut Butter Platform），其大小为4×14米，当时多名不知情的参观者踩进厚厚的花生酱中至少3次，事后被要求承担清洁费用。

熟词僻义，表示“装置艺术（除物体外还运用声音、动作或空间来创作临时艺术品的现代雕塑形式）”，英文解释为“a form of modern sculpture where the artist uses sound, movement, or space as well as objects in order to make an often temporary work of art”

peanut butter /ˈpiː.nʌt ˌbʌt.ər/ 表示“花生酱”，英文解释为“a soft, pale brown substance made from crushed peanuts, often eaten spread on bread”

unsuspecting /ˌʌn.səˈspek.tɪŋ/ 表示“深信不疑的；无戒备之心的”，英文解释为“trusting； not realizing there is any danger or harm”举个🌰：The killer lured his unsuspecting victims back to his apartment. 杀手把那些毫无戒备心的受害者诱骗回他的公寓。

smear /smɪə/ 表示“污迹；污渍；污点”，英文解释为“an oily or dirty mark”如：a smear of jam 果酱渍。

作动词，表示“涂抹（黏腻的东西）”，英文解释为“to spread a liquid or a thick substance over a surface”举个🌰：The children had smeared peanut butter all over the sofa. 孩子们把花生酱抹得沙发上到处都是。

smear作动词，还可以表示「诽谤；诋毁」，英文解释为“to damage sb's reputation by saying unpleasant things about them that are not true”举个🌰：They planned to smear him by publishing information about his private life. 他们计划通过公开有关他私生活方面的信息来诋毁他。

The damaged Rothko was bought by the museum in 1970, the year the artist died in New York, and was one of his large abstract paintings with three “floating colour fields”. In 2022 the Dutch art collector Bert Kreuk estimated the painting could fetch between €40 million and €50 million.

这幅受损的罗斯科画作由博物馆于1970年购入，也正是罗斯科在纽约辞世的那年。该作品是其大型抽象画作之一，画面由三个“漂浮色块”构成。2022年，荷兰艺术收藏家贝尔特·克鲁克（Bert Kreuk）估计这幅画作的售价可能在四千万至五千万欧元之间。

fetch /fetʃ/ 1）表示“（去）拿来，取回；（去）请来”，英文解释为“to go to another place to get something or someone and bring it, him, or her back”举个🌰：Could you fetch me my glasses/fetch my glasses for me from the other room, please? 你去另一个房间帮我把眼镜拿过来好吗？

2）表示“售得，卖得（…价钱）”，英文解释为“to be sold for a particular amount of money”举个🌰：The paintings fetched over a million dollars. 这些油画卖了100多万美元。

In 2012 a man defaced a multimillion-pound Rothko mural by writing on it while it hung in the Tate Modern in front of horrified onlookers.

2012年，罗斯科一幅价值数百万英镑的壁画在泰特现代美术馆展出期间，被一名男子当众涂写，令在场观众目瞪口呆。

deface /dɪˈfeɪs/ 表示“损坏…的外观；涂污”，英文解释为“to damage and spoil the appearance of something by writing or drawing on it”举个🌰：He was fined for defacing library books. 他因在从图书馆借来的书上乱写乱画而被罚款。

mural /ˈmjʊə.rəl/ 表示“壁画”，英文解释为“a large picture that has been painted on the wall of a room or building”

onlooker /ˈɒnˌlʊk.ər/ 表示“旁观者，围观者”，英文解释为“someone who watches something that is happening in a public place but is not involved in it”举个🌰：A crowd of curious onlookers soon gathered to see what was happening. 很快聚拢了一群好奇的围观者看发生了什么事。

It has been a bad week for modern art in the Netherlands after it emerged that a town hall had thrown away a pop art silkscreen by Andy Warhol during renovation work.

对荷兰现代艺术界而言，这无疑是艰难的一周。此前有消息称，当地市政厅在翻修时误将安迪·沃霍尔（Andy Warhol）的一幅波普艺术丝印作品当作垃圾丢弃。

pop art /ˈpɒp ˌɑːt/ 表示“通俗艺术，波普艺术（一种起源于20世纪60年代、运用日常生活中的形象和物品的现代艺术）”，英文解释为“a type of modern art that started in the 1960s and uses images and objects from ordinary life”

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