A lift technician at a museum in the Netherlands mistakenly threw away a piece of artwork made to look like two empty beer cans. “All the good times we spent together” by French artist Alexandre Lavet may look like it belongs in a trash can at first glance, but closer inspection reveals it is in fact “meticulously hand-painted with acrylics, with each detail painstakingly replicated,” the LAM Museum said in a statement earlier this month.

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Beer can artwork accidentally thrown in bin by staff member at Dutch museum

A museum in Holland has had a lucky escape after an overzealous worker mistook an expensive piece of art for rubbish and put it in the bin.

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Major blunder as European museum staff member throws 'beer can' artwork in bin

A lift technician at a museum in the Netherlands mistakenly threw away a piece of artwork made to look like two empty beer cans.

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‘Empty beer cans’ artwork mistakenly scrapped by museum staff in the Netherlands who thought it was garbage

French artist Alexandre Lavet’s artwork is exhibited at The LAM museum (Picture: AFP) ‘One man’s trash, that’s another man’s come up.’ A worker at a Dutch museum took Macklemore’s lyrics, from the 2012 hit ‘Thrift Shop’, too seriously. An art piece in The LAM museum in Lisse, the Netherlands, was recently found in the bin after the lift technician mistook it for rubbish. This mistake is somewhat understandable – as the work looks like two empty …

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Artist's 'beer can trash' artwork so good it was thrown in bin by staff

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A lift technician at a museum in the Netherlands mistakenly threw away a piece of artwork made to look like two empty beer cans. “All the good times we spent together” by French artist Alexandre Lavet may look like it belongs in a trash can at first glance, but closer inspection reveals it is in fact “meticulously hand-painted with acrylics, with each detail painstakingly replicated,” the LAM Museum said in a statement e…

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LAM museum in the Netherlands ‘bears no ill will’ to maintenance man who mistook the artwork for rubbish

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Beer can artwork thrown in bin by gallery worker

A Dutch museum has recovered one of its artworks that looks like two empty beer cans after a lift engineer accidentally threw it in a bin thinking it was rubbish.

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'Beer can' artwork mistakenly ends up in bin

The work shows two dented beer cans on the floor, which a lift technician assumed had been left by visitors.

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Artwork recovered after museum employee threw piece in 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.

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