Lift technician mistakes Alexandre Lavet's artwork for rubbish and disposes of it!
An artwork was recently discovered in a rubbish bin at the LAM museum in Lisse (Netherlands), where it had been thrown away by a lift technician who mistook it for abandoned litter. The piece, created by French artist Alexandre Lavet, consists of two meticulously hand-painted beer cans.
Dürst Britt & Mayhew was pleasantly surprised by the global media storm this news caused. It was reported upon by media outlets from all over the world; amongst many others The New York Times, CNN, Artforum, Hyperallergic, Frankfurter Allgemeine, The Guardian and the BBC.
The LAM Museum acquired Alexandre Lavet's works from Dürst Britt & Mayhew in 2016 during the artist's first solo exhibition at the gallery.
