Posted on 09/29/2021 2:11:10 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Denmark's Kunsten Museum of Modern Art was epically hoodwinked after giving artist Jens Haaning $84,000 to use in a piece -- only to have him pocket the cash and turn in blank canvases cheekily entitled "Take the Money and Run."
It was a case of art imitating heist.
Just in case you thought charging $120,000 for a banana was highway robbery, a Danish museum gave an artist $84,000 to use in a commissioned piece — only to have him pocket the cash and turn in two blank canvases cheekily entitled “Take the Money and Run.”
“The work is that I have taken their money,” the nada-Vinci told Danish radio program “P1 Morgen” last week of the irreverent performance piece and mega-minimalist work. “It’s not theft. It is a breach of contract, and breach of contract is part of the work.”
As for the $84,000, Hanning “hasn’t broke any contract yet,” Andersson said, since repayment isn’t due until early next year. However, he specified that if the money is not returned by then, the museum will “take the necessary steps to ensure that” the provocateur coughs up the cash.
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Plagiarizing Hunter I see.
LOL, nice.
Clever!
“...ARE SOON ELECTED.” -— Will Rogers
This guy could have a bright future selling goods and products to the US Government.
More likely a publicity stunt to generate free press !
I've handled multi-million dollar construction projects and that's how we do it. If the contractor seems otherwise sketchy, we may also require them to post bond or do a letter of credit.
Somewhere, Banksy is giving this guy a standing ovation.
Not since Pet Rocks have I given a nod and thumbs up to a rip-off genius! This guy is a natural for a political office in D.C. He can even rip off a U.S. birth certificate to run. It worked for Obama.
This guy obviously took lessons from the Biden administration.
Well those will be the last pairings this guy will ever sell. Hell have to make that $84,000 last.
or Woody Allen....
If they were completely blank, they weren’t paintings, so he needs to give the money back.
The first true genius artist who is also completely honest.
Hunter Biden approves.
A painting about nothing.
I like this guy!
He sees what the pols are doing with the killer vaxxes and is learning. Some people are just asking to be fleeced!
Well done, sir!
Bank in high school the class clown handed in a blank sheet entitled “Polar Bear on Iceberg in a Blizzard.” Even the teacher laughed.
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