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Cleaner destroys Museum Exhibit
Nov 4^th, 2011 at 6:26am

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/cleaner-destroys-museum-exhibit...
That stain was worth $US1.1 million!

We really need to have art educators who can explain to cleaners the difference between art and garbage - and when they are finished, perhaps they could teach the rest of us Grin

When it gets to the stage that it's only recognisable as art by a few select individuals, is it really art?

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Works of art sometimes fall victim to zealous cleaners. In 1986, a "grease stain" by Joseph Beuys valued at around $US550,000 was mopped away at the Academy of Fine Arts in Duesseldorf in western Germany.

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