I was feeling bad for the artist and then I read your devlog and now I feel really bad for all the artists this has happened to. (I didn't know this was a thing that happened!) A fun little Halloween interpretation of where the art might be going!
I think in general, it doesn't usually happen in a museum outside of the movies! Smaller art shows are a different story, but that's life. At least now a hungry ghost is getting a snack out of it!