A Danish artist has been ordered to repay a museum after fleecing his money when he was told to create artwork but instead handed over two blank canvases titled “Take the Money and Run.”
In 2021, Jens Haaning was awarded the equivalent of almost $84,000 in Danish kroner and euro banknotes by the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg.
He has now been ordered to pay back around $70,600 and another $11,000 in court fees.
“I was surprised, but at the same time it was what I imagined,” Haaning told Danish public broadcaster DR on Monday.
For an exhibition about the state of labor and money, titled “Work It Out,” the museum commissioned Haaning to recreate two of his earlier works, which featured banknotes attached to a canvas representing average annual wages in Denmark and Austria.
In addition to loaning the note, the museum also paid him $3,900 for the work.
When the museum receives the finished artwork, it is empty.
A Danish artist has been ordered to repay a museum after being commissioned to create a piece of art but instead handing over two blank canvases titled “Take the Money and Run.”EPA
Haaning is now ordered to pay back about $70,600 and another $11,000 in court fees. Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images
In 2021, Jens Haaning was awarded the equivalent of nearly $84,000 in Danish kroner and euro banknotes by the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg.EPA
“The artwork is that I have taken the money,” Haaning told DR at the time. “I encourage others who have the same deplorable working conditions as me to do the same. If they are asked to give money to go to work, then take the money and run.”
The museum said Haaning had breached an agreement on how to use the money.
The artist disputed the claim.
“It’s not theft, it’s a breach of contract, and breach of contract is part of the job,” he said at the time.
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Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
