A Tracey Emin sculpture worth £20,000 ended up in pieces after an art dealer let his teenage sons hold a party in his London gallery.Gallery owner Kenny Schachter says he will "do whatever it takes" to make good the damage to the piece entitled How I Wish I Slept.The accident happened at his Rove gallery in Hoxton, when an over-excited teenage girl danced into the sculpture.
Emin insisted she was not upset, saying: "Accidents happen" - but Mr Schachter's sons Adrian, 15, and Kai, 14, have been ordered to pay for the damage.The party was held to launch a show of the teenagers' art in the gallery, where it was on view alongside works by Emin, Damien Hirst, Keith Tyson, Sigmar Polke and George Condo.The Emin sculpture, which consists of a glass box containing two bronze figures, was estimated to be worth between £10,000 and £20,000.
Its glass box smashed on impact and its concrete plinth was taken away for repair, but the bronze figures inside were undamaged.Mr Schachter said: "It was just an overexcited kid, a girl who danced into it. I had three security guards watching to prevent something like that happening."It's a tragedy. Everyone is sickened by it. I will repair the plinth. I just want Tracey to be happy. I'll do whatever it takes. It's a valuable piece of art."Emin, who is in Miami, Flordia, said: "Accidents happen. It was only the plinth that broke and the work is insured so I'm fine about it."
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