Yvon Lambert – The Mail & Guardian

/ 16 November 2007

Art lover fined for kissing Cy Twombly painting

An art lover who kissed a -million painting, leaving red lipstick smears on the canvas, was fined by a French court on Friday and ordered to carry out 100 hours of community work. Rindy Sam told the court that she was ”overcome with passion” when she saw the painting by United States artist Cy Twombly.

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/ 11 October 2007

Passionate kiss lands art lover in court

A self-professed art lover stood trial this week accused of damaging a $2-million painting by kissing it while wearing red lipstick. The deputy prosecutor in Avignon accused the defendant on Tuesday, Sam Rindy, of "savagery" for having left a lipstick smear on the work by United States artist Cy Twombly.

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