Don’t trash the art

The World

An innocent mistake by a museum worker in Lisse, Netherlands, landed a piece of art in the trash.  Fastidiously hand-painted and slightly crushed beer cans were meant to sit on the floor of the exhibit, but host Carolyn Beeler explains it left a temporary worker at the museum thinking it was litter that needed tidying up.

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