That's arguably the moral of the story after a child reportedly damaged a Mark Rothko painting worth a whopping $56 million.

NEW YORK, NY – A child has caused damage to a multi-million-euro painting by American artist Mark Rothko at the Museum ...

A child damaged a painting worth around $56 million at an art museum in the Netherlands. A young visitor got too close to American artist Mark Rothko’s “Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8” at the Museum ...

Literally marked by a child’s hand, one of the Netherland’s most valuable paintings is now undergoing restoration after being accidentally damaged in a Rotterdam museum.

The child, who hasn’t been identified, managed to deface the American painter’s 1960 abstract artwork during a visit to the Boijmans Van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam.

A visitor to the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, in Rotterdam, scratched a multimillion-dollar painting by Abstract ...

A painting by American artist Mark Rothko, valued at up to €50 million, has been damaged by a child at the Museum Boijmans ...

A young visitor has caused damage to Mark Rothko's Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8, a painting valued at up to €50 ...

Dutch curators are considering "next steps" after a child damaged the $56 million painting, "Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8," ...

It is not yet clear who will be held responsible for the cost of repairing Rothko's Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8.

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