Binmen thought Modern Art was load of old rubbish

[corksean]

To the dustmen of Frankfurt, they were a mess that needed to be cleared from the streets of their spotless city. The yellow plastic sheets were swiftly scooped up, crushed and burned.

But the diligence of the rubbish collectors was little consolation to the city's prestigious art academy, which is now ruing the loss of an important work.

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.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,2763,1389206,00.html

[bloom]

1. "the dustmen are now being sent to modern art classes"

That sounds like a good idea.

Heck - maybe some of them will become artists. (I'm an artist - so I can say that :) ).

[NV Whino]

3. An inovative way to solve the problem

I like it!

[noamnety]

2. The Heidelberg Project in Detroit

The heidelberg project used to have the same problem, but was more deliberately sabotaged. The old Detroit powers that be used to demolish parts of it on purpose.



The pathetic thing was that Tyree Guyton, the artist, was trying to get them to tear down some buildings that really were trash, and they claimed they didn't have the funds.

This building, for example, is across the street from the project, and should be condemned and removed: