Police break into gallery to help ‘unconscious woman’ only to discover it is art installation
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two officers forced their way into Laz Emporium gallery in London to rescue an apparently unconscious woman slumped over a desk, only to find it was a mannequin forming part of an art installation. Mr Lazarides told Artnet News that an employee at the gallery had locked up for the day and after going upstairs for a cup of tea, she came back to find “the door off its hinges and two confused police officers”. The officers said to the staff member that someone had reported that a woman had not been moving for the last two hours at the art gallery in Lexington Street, and the officers assumed the figure had had “a heart attack or she’s overdosed.” When 'Kristina' went on display in October, paramedics were called after a similar misunderstanding.
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