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• A work of art at the LAM museum in Lisse, the Netherlands, was mistakenly thrown away by an elevator technician, CNN reported.
"All the good times we spent together" by French artist Alexandre Lavet appears to be two empty beer cans, but, the museum said, it is really "meticulously hand-painted with acrylics, with each detail painstakingly replicated."
The work was displayed in the facility's glass elevator shaft, and when a technician came in to work on the lift, he helpfully pitched it in the trash.
"He was just doing his job in good faith," said Sietske van Zanten, the museum director.
The cans were later recovered, cleaned and returned to display, albeit in a different location. [CNN, 10/8/2024]