Cutting the arms off his designer suits, putting her prized wine collection out on the street for the passers-by, or burning the collection of love letters are just some of the ways in which jilted lovers are known to have exacted revenge at the end of relationships.
But now there is another outlet for their painful experiences: “The Museum of Broken Relationships”.
A temporary space in Tacheles, a 1930s department store-turned-artists’ squat in former East Berlin, has become a donor centre for mementos of break-ups.
Members of the public have been invited to drop off objects left over after flings, partnerships and marriages. The response has been overwhelming.
The cathartic ‘objets trouves’ include an axe used by one woman to break up her ex-girlfriend’s furniture.