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Great, this finally explains why there's a difference between "a" and "the".
The question is incorrect. He should've asked "can I take the picture". And would've obviously received a no.
I don't go to parties.
He could mean "one of the pictures" and then the phrasing would be correct.
I don't see any other pictures in picture. Although, given the context of an art gallery, this would probably make sense.
There could be multiple pictures. And he chooses to take this one.
Even if there is only one picture, it is still a picture, so the question is still grammatically correct. It's just deliberately ambiguous. I am taking this stand.
Knocks over a statue and walks away with the stand