The controversial Mexican art critic who was blamed for smashing a $19,000 glass sculpture at an art fair earlier this month is doubling down on her claim that she’s not responsible for the work ...

An Art Critic Was Mocking A $20,000 Work She Didn't Like — Then It Shattered The sculpture by Mexican artist Gabriel Rico included a large pane of glass with objects suspended within. How it ...

A glass sculpture by artist Gabriel Rico on view at Zona Maco art fair this weekend shattered to pieces when Mexican art critic Avelina Lésper tried to place a soda can on one of its protruding ...

Don’t call it a smashing success. On Saturday at the Zona Maco art fair in Mexico City, art critic Avelina Lésper shattered a glass portion of a sculpture by Gabriel Rico. Some of the details ...

A critic at Mexico City's Zona Maco art fair set a soda can down on a sculpture made of glass and found objects--only for the $19,000 artwork to fall to the ground and shatter.

Another homegrown approach to this trend was the Zona Maco Sur booth of Chicago's Carrie Secrist Gallery, where Brooklyn-based artist Dannielle Tegeder sourced a bunch of local glass (and some yellow ...

His now-defunct glass artwork, coincidentally entitled, “Nimble and Sinister Tricks (To Be Preserved Without Scandal and Corruption),” (2018) was being displayed as part of the Zona Maco art fair.

Zona MACO International Contemporary Art Fair is hitting Mexico City this week for its eleventh year. The ambitious fair has been regarded as the most important art event in Latin America, bringing ...

A Mexican art critic’s plan to show her disdain for a contemporary installation by setting a soda can atop the work took an unanticipated turn when the stunt shattered the piece.

Art Fairs An Art Critic Accidentally Shattered a $19,000 Glass Sculpture at the Zona Maco Fair With a Wayward Can of Coke. Gabriel Rico's sculpture "exploded" when art critic Avelina Lesper ...

His now-defunct glass artwork, coincidentally entitled, “Nimble and Sinister Tricks (To Be Preserved Without Scandal and Corruption),” (2018) was being displayed as part of the Zona Maco art fair.