German Art Trashed

A German museum is offering art appreciation lessons to Frankfurt's sanitation workers, after garbage collectors binned a public art sculpture which they thought was rubbish. Made from yellow plastic sheeting used to encase cement, the item was actually a sculpture by Berlin artist Michael Beutler. It was part of a series of 10 sculptures commissioned by the municipal art society and exhibited around the city. In fairness to the quick-moving garbage-collection teams, they have previously avoided trashing outdoor sculptures made from everyday objects - including a car filled with sand and a bathtub tied to a tree with a leash. Irish Art