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The Minnesota Department of Transportation has ordered a halt to drone flights over a work of art in Eagan.


 
In a written statement, the Minneapolis Institute of Art and Thomson Reuters confirmed that MnDOT had ordered them to stop flying an unmanned aircraft system, commonly known as a drone.

Van Gogh's 'Olive Trees' is a planting, not a painting


 
 
The device was being used to document the progress of crop artist Stan Herd's reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's painting "Olive Trees" on a one-acre plot owned by Thomson Reuters in Eagan. The project is part of the institute's centennial celebrations, and is designed to be seen from planes landing at Minneapolis-St Paul International.

 
 
The statement said the organizers had thought they had made the proper inquiries about using the device and that they were outside the 5-mile exclusion zone that bars such devices near airports. They said they would comply with the order.

Euan Kerr

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The large-scale reproduction of Van Gogh's "Olive Trees" is part of the Minneapolis Institute of Art's centennial celebration.

MnDOT halts drone flights over Van Gogh crop art

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