Drunk Driver Causes Chaos at Outdoor Art Show
At around 3 a.m. local time on Sunday morning, 23-year-old Nicoly Ribeiro De Souza allegedly drove her 2020 Nissan Rogue into an outdoor art exhibit in Montauk. Pictures taken later on Sunday morning show the stark devastation, with artists' tents collapsed on top of paintings large and small. Jim Levinson, a local Sag Harbor photographer, noted that it 'looked like a tornado came through.'
One of the damaged tents reportedly contained the work of around 30 different artists, with one of them losing paintings on which she'd worked for most of last year. Volunteers helped to clean up the site so that the exhibit could still take place as scheduled on Sunday morning. Luckily, none of the vendors were hurt in the episode. However, for some, the loss of their work is just as dire.'The people that come to these shows, this is how they make their living,' said John Papaleo, a board member of the Montauk Artists Association, which sponsors the event. 'This is their livelihood.'
De Souza is currently awaiting arraignment. Following the accident, she was taken to Southampton Hospital with minor injuries. A passenger in De Souza's vehicle declined medical treatment at the scene. Neither the Montauk Artists Association nor the East Hampton Town Police immediately responded to a request for comment from Men's Journal.Drunk Driver Causes Chaos at Outdoor Art Show first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 30, 2025
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