This story is for those who think that some in the world of fine art occasionally take themselves a bit too seriously and maybe don’t always know much more than the rest of us.

Artist David Hensel submitted a sculpture of a human head to the Royal Academy in London. Separately, he sent a block of slate with a wooden plinth to display his artwork.

Museum officials, thinking both were artistic submissions and unable to recognize that one was simply a display base, rejected the artwork and mistakenly displayed the plinth as a piece of art. When the mistake was discovered, officials responded with “The head was rejected. The base was thought to have merit and accepted.”

Next time you’re visiting a museum and just don’t get it, remember, maybe there’s nothing to get☺