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A museum lent an artist US$84K — so he kept the money and called it 'art' - Levin - 30-09-2021
Published 29th September 2021
Written by
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN
Contributors
Oscar Holland, CNN
When an exhibition about the future of labor opened at a Danish art museum on Friday, visitors should have seen two large picture frames filled with banknotes worth a combined US$84,000.
The pieces were meant to be reproductions of two works by artist Jens Haaning, who previously used framed cash to represent the average annual salaries of an Austrian and a Dane -- in euros and Danish krone respectively.
But when the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg took delivery of the recreated artworks ahead of the show, gallery staff made a surprising discovery: the frames were empty. Rather than being the handiwork of thieves, the loaned cash was missing thanks to Haaning himself, who says he is keeping the money -- in the name of art.
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The "new" conceptual piece, which Haaning has titled "Take the Money and Run," is now at the center of a dispute between museum and artist over labor, contractual obligations and the value of work -- all fitting themes for the exhibition.
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/jens-haaning-kunsten-museum-modern-art/index.html
RE: A museum lent an artist US$84K — so he kept the money and called it 'art' - Galilo_l - 30-09-2021
That's is d art of stealing
