floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoArtist says he will destroy $45 million worth of Rembrandt, Picasso and Warhol masterpieces with acid if Julian Assange dies in prisonwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down118
arrow-up1304arrow-down1external-linkArtist says he will destroy $45 million worth of Rembrandt, Picasso and Warhol masterpieces with acid if Julian Assange dies in prisonwww.cbsnews.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·9 months agoRembrandt, Picasso, and Warhol do not have any rights anymore. They have all died.
minus-squareMonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·edit-29 months agoAnd how would that compare, for you, to Julian Assange if he dies in prison ?
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agoIf I had to choose one? I’d burn the art to save a life. If he died and the artwork was destroyed, I would think that was two tragedies.
Rembrandt, Picasso, and Warhol do not have any rights anymore. They have all died.
And how would that compare, for you, to Julian Assange if he dies in prison ?
If I had to choose one? I’d burn the art to save a life. If he died and the artwork was destroyed, I would think that was two tragedies.