Garbage men in Frankfurt, Germany, think art installation project is refuse and haul it to the dump. Are now being sent to art remedial school.

Unknown to the binmen, the sheets were part of a city-wide exhibition of modern sculpture by Michael Beutler, a graduate of Frankfurt’s Städel art school.

Thirty of the dustmen are now being sent to modern art classes to try to ensure that the same mistake never happens again.

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The monthly “Check Your Art Sense” lessons, which start on Sunday, will involve the dustmen being shown two pictures: one from the museum’s permanent exhibition and another lesser-known work from the archive. Then they will be asked to discuss the differences between them.

Apparently the installation materials looked like they were discarded construction materials.

I know the feeling. My poor found art roller disco chicken from my freshman 3d design class met the same fate. It was so cool. Made me think of Picasso’s toy car head monkey. My chicken was made out of a portable gas tank, spray bottles, duct tape, toilet brushes, and old thrift store roller skates. This was when a lot of my ’supplies’ were purchased at thrift stores or on my parents’ Exxon card.