Museum worker mistakes artwork for trash
Museum Workers Have Rescued an Artwork From the Trash After a Mechanic Mistook It for Garbage
A curator at a Dutch art museum recently found herself rummaging through the trash, looking for two dented beer cans. With great relief, she found them intact. They were then cleaned—and put back on display.
Hold my beer can: Museum says a worker thought unique art installation was trash
A Netherlands museum confirms staff recovered French artist Alexandre Lavet's realistic beer-can art pieces after they were mistaken for trash and thrown out.
Museum worker mistakes beer can artwork for garbage, tosses in trash
A museum technician mistakenly threw away artwork after thinking it was trash left behind by construction workers. The LAM Museum in Lisse, Netherlands, is home to an international art collection that showcases pieces in unconventional ways, with one exhibit looking like it's an area to place trash.
‘Empty beer cans’ artwork mistakenly scrapped by museum staff in the Netherlands who thought it was garbage
A lift technician at a museum in the Netherlands accidentally threw out an art display painstakingly created to resemble two empty beer cans.
Museum’s beer can artwork accidentally thrown in trash by staff member
A lift technician at a museum in the Netherlands mistakenly threw away a piece of artwork made to look like two empty beer cans.
Museum Worker Throws Art in the Trash by Mistake
Artist Alexandre Lavet's aluminum replicas of beer cans at the LAM Museum in Lisse were a little too realistic.
Museum Worker Accidentally Throws Artwork Away Thinking It's Trash
A museum in the Netherlands said an artwork consisting of two hand-painted empty beer cans was "miraculously" recovered from the trash after an elevator technician accidentally threw them away thinking they were litter.
Artwork mistaken for litter rescued from museum's trash bin
A work of art was rescued from the trash at a Dutch museum after being mistaken for what it depicts: a pair of abandoned beer cans.
Museum’s ‘beer can’ artwork so lifelike it was thrown in a bin
Museums have suffered a number of incidents with artworks in recent months. In August, a boy, aged four, accidentally smashed 3,500-year-old vase in the city of Haifa, in Israel. More recently, a vandal broke a sculpture by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei during the private opening of his exhibition in Italy.
Priceless beer can exhibit saved from the trash at Dutch museum
A Dutch museum exhibit featuring hand-painted beer cans was almost lost forever when a staff member mistakenly threw them in the trash. A curator returned early from break and saved the art in time.
Prized artwork mistaken for trash at Dutch museum; recovered
A bizarre situation unfolded in the Netherlands. A mechanic at the LAM museum in Lisse accidentally discarded a priceless exhibit, mistaking it for a beer can. It was, in fact, the artwork "All The Good Times We Spent Together.
Elevator Technician Accidentally Throws Away Beer Can Artwork. Museum Says It's a 'Compliment' to the Artist
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Museum Elevator Technician Accidentally Throws Out Alexandre Lavet Artwork
An elevator technician at the LAM museum in the Netherlands accidentally threw out an Alexandre Lavet artwork of two ...
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LAM Museum artwork narrowly escapes landfill mishap
A mechanic servicing lifts at the LAM Museum in Lisse mistakenly disposed of an artwork entitled "All The Good Times We Spent ...