Andy Warhol artwork accidentally thrown out during Dutch town hall renovation
Maashorst council says rare print of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands from the 1985 series Reigning Queens ‘most likely’ taken away with the rubbishIn the hands of Andy Warhol, trash often became a work of art. So perhaps the pop culture icon would not be too upset to know that, in the hands of one Dutch municipality, one of his artworks went the other way and was thrown out with the rubbish.Maashorst town hall on Thursday confessed that a rare silkscreen print by Warhol, who died in 1987, was among 46 valuable artworks that were “most likely” taken away with the bins during extensive renovation work last year. Continue reading...
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Maashorst council says rare print of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands from the 1985 series Reigning Queens ‘most likely’ taken away with the rubbish
In the hands of Andy Warhol, trash often became a work of art. So perhaps the pop culture icon would not be too upset to know that, in the hands of one Dutch municipality, one of his artworks went the other way and was thrown out with the rubbish.
Maashorst town hall on Thursday confessed that a rare silkscreen print by Warhol, who died in 1987, was among 46 valuable artworks that were “most likely” taken away with the bins during extensive renovation work last year. Continue reading...
