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Gallery backtracks on claims cleaner threw out artworks in Italy
It was reported last week works made of newspaper and cardboard were binned after they were mistaken for rubbish at the show at Sala Murat in Bari.
However curator Ala Roushan denied the claim, saying the pieces had yet to be unpacked from cardboard boxes.
"The actual work was not seen by the cleaning lady," she told the BBC.
"There were a few artworks sitting alongside the exhibition space to be installed the morning of the exhibition.
"It's false the work was made of newspaper and cardboard - (it) was only packed in cardboard and there was a vinyl piece that was rolled (inside).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26312580#TWEET1052620