“Mondrian painting has been hanging upside down for 75 years”

Yeah, like it matters. If Mondrian came back to life and saw it there, he probably wouldn’t even realize it was “wrong.”

Bullshit claim of the day:

“The thickening of the grid should be at the top, like a dark sky. Once I pointed it out to the other curators, we realised it was very obvious. I am 100% certain the picture is the wrong way around.”

Alternate bullshit claim of the day:

“The work does not bear Mondrian’s signature, possibly because he hadn’t deemed it finished.” Once again, if Mondrian came back from the dead, would he know whether it was finished?

8 thoughts on ““Mondrian painting has been hanging upside down for 75 years”

  1. Ohhhh, now it all makes sense. And before I just thought it was a bunch of lines. I made something quite like this in kindergarten, but the teacher just threw it away. She owes me big time.

  2. “It Appears a Little Boy Made a Puddle”. Khrushchev on Modern Art.
    Never agreed with the Shoeman’s stuff very much. That was an exception.
    Jackson Pollock was the biggest scam until Billie Sol Hurok, er, I mean Estes.

    1. Wow. Nowadays it is only a precious few – a happy band of brothers, as it were – that remembers Billy Sol Estes. I frankly admit that I only do because of the verse about him in a Alan Sherman song. But who remembers Alan Sherman, either?

      1. All of us Camp Granada survivors remember. And of course Pepperidge Farms remembers. After all, the lake had alligators

        1. 🙂

          I can still sing that—not that I can sing. And not that a short demo proves anything.

          Hello Muddah. Hello Faddah.
          Here I am at, Camp Granada.
          Camp is very, entertaining.
          And they say we’ll have some fun if it stops raining.

  3. It looks like it would make a nice pattern for a tablecloth. Or maybe a bath towel.

  4. I’m kind of ashamed to admit that I like it better hanging the correct way. Who woulda thunk it.

    1. I do too.
      Given the condition they said it’s in, they should probably restore it. It shouldn’t be too expensive. After all, You can get multi-colored electrical on Amazon for 9 bucks. 🙂
      All kidding aside, they probably should look into glueing the tape back down.

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