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Delaware museum exhibits copy of famous art
The Delaware Art Museum is proud to exhibit a copy of the Mona Lisa. So, if a trip to the Louvre is not in your budget this year, consider Wilmington. You can enjoy the lovely smile of Leonardo da Vinci's Norwegian artist Tor Egil Hansen's masterpiece without breaking the bank. Apparently, Hansen spent five months (in 2004 and 2005) to create this knockoff, committing around 400 hours to paint what had already been painted.
So, don your Folex watch, Prado shoes and Armanee suit, and head out to the Delaware Art Museum. Or, if you're feeling bold, wait for this newer Mona Lisa to appear alongside pirated DVDs on Manhattan's Canal Street.
It's announcements like this one that make the financial crisis come to life. We're celebrating knockoffs in Wilmington.
Filed under: Arts and Culture, North America, United States
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Zach Feb 19th 2009 4:18PM
It's going to take more than a faux Mona Lisa to make Delaware worth visiting.
Kirsten May 9th 2009 6:03AM
I really like the painting of the mona lisa. I think that whoever made it is a very good artist and I hope I can become that great of and artist.
Sincerely,
Kirsten Hollard