Warhol work thrown out as trash
Andy Warhol may finally have joined the ranks of artists whose works have been accidentally thrown out as trash. A 1980s print by him depicting Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was being stored in the basement of the town hall of Maashorst, and somehow the print was disposed of with other "bulky waste." Actually, I don't think this is a good example of 'art mistaken for trash.' That weird-news genre typically involves works of art on display that a hapless janitor takes out to the dump, not recognizing them as art (such as here, here, and here). What happened to the Warhol piece was an example of a valuable object accidentally thrown out. But I don't think a janitor looked at it and thought, 'Oh, that looks like junk. Better get rid of it.' More info: cnn.com
Andy Warhol may finally have joined the ranks of artists whose works have been accidentally thrown out as trash. A 1980s print by him depicting Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was being stored in the basement of the town hall of Maashorst, and somehow the print was disposed of with other "bulky waste."
Actually, I don't think this is a good example of 'art mistaken for trash.' That weird-news genre typically involves works of art on display that a hapless janitor takes out to the dump, not recognizing them as art (such as here, here, and here). What happened to the Warhol piece was an example of a valuable object accidentally thrown out. But I don't think a janitor looked at it and thought, 'Oh, that looks like junk. Better get rid of it.'
More info: cnn.com
Actually, I don't think this is a good example of 'art mistaken for trash.' That weird-news genre typically involves works of art on display that a hapless janitor takes out to the dump, not recognizing them as art (such as here, here, and here). What happened to the Warhol piece was an example of a valuable object accidentally thrown out. But I don't think a janitor looked at it and thought, 'Oh, that looks like junk. Better get rid of it.'
More info: cnn.com
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