Here's Video of the Ai Weiwei Vase Smashing

You've heard about it nonstop for the past 30 hours. Now you can actually see it. Someone somehow captured video of the exact moment local artist Maximo Caminero picked up an Ai Weiwei vase at Pérez Art Museum Miami and smashed it in an ill-thought-out protest. He's incredibly nonchalant about...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

February 18, 2014

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You've heard about it nonstop for the past 30 hours. Now you can actually see it.

Someone somehow captured video of the exact moment local artist Maximo Caminero picked up an Ai Weiwei vase at Pérez Art Museum Miami and smashed it in an ill-thought-out protest. He's incredibly nonchalant about the whole thing, too.

Caminero picks up the vase, drops it, and then casually put his hands in his pockets.

The video cuts off before security confronts him.

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