SAN DIEGO — When Kobe Bryant took a trip through Europe a year ago, he wanted his daughters to experience some of the culture while there.
A quick visit to the Accademia Gallery in Florence, Italy, was arranged. The result was a far cry from the public madhouse on the scale of Kobe in China, but the Italians and tourists there still swarmed around and trailed behind Bryant—and snapped photo upon photo of him while museum security offered minimal protection in enforcing the house rule of no photos allowed in the museum.
When it came to Michelangelo's "David," though, security firmed up: No photos allowed…except the cameras continued to click all around Bryant.
It took Kobe's wife, Vanessa, to point out the odd double standard, and the Bryants were afforded a quick pic of the statue of David.
The broader point was plain: In this day and age, Kobe has put together a body of work that qualifies him as his own work of art.
And it's still a work in progress.
Bryant made his much-anticipated return to his usual public forum Monday night in the L ...
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