Danish artist ordered to repay museum $76K after turning In blank canvases called ‘Take the Money and Run’
- Danish artist Jens Haaning has been ordered by a Copenhagen court to refund nearly 500,000 kroner to a museum after he supplied blank canvases for an art project named 'Take the Money and Run'.
- The museum asked for the full amount to be returned but Haaning refused. The court ordered him to refund the museum an amount equal to the original sum minus his fee and the mounting cost.
- Haaning has been given 14 days to pay back the museum, but he claims he does not have the funds to do so. He has four weeks to appeal the court's decision but has stated that he does not intend to pursue the case further.
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It's Called Art: Artist Ordered To Pay Museum More Than $77,000 After Selling Them Two Blank Canvases
The world of fine art is completely insane. None of it makes any lick of sense, and one artist took advantage of that and made a lot of money. Money that they now have to give back. According to the BBC, a court has ordered Danish artist Jens Haaning to pay The Kunsten Museum in Aalborg, Denmark, 500,000 kroner. That’s just a bit under $77,000. That’s because the artist had been paid for an art piece and sent the museum exactly that. He titled t…
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