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Posted on 25/07/07

Lipstick on the canvas is kiss of death for painting

AFP

Marseilles, France -- A museum curator yesterday accused a Frenchwoman of "raping" a work by U.S. artist Cy Twombly, valued at $2.9-million, by planting a lipstick-red kiss on its pristine white canvas.

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