Contractor Sued After Painter Tore Hole in $100 Million USD Picasso Painting

Two years ago, art collector Steve Wynn withdrew Pablo Picasso's 1943 painting Le Marin from a Christie's auction in New York after it was damaged by an employee of T.F. Nugent, a family-run commercial painting business. The employee, who had been hired to paint Christie's galleries ahead of the exhibition, left an extension rod for a paint roller propped up against a wall. The rod wasn't secured and ended up crashing into the painting, tearing a four-and-a-half-inch hole in the canvas. The insu...