Conceptual artist Jens Haaning intended the works to be a commentary on capitalism; the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg sees them as a breach of contract.

Danish artist Jens Haaning was ordered to repay the Kunsten Museum of Art for his empty canvases installation 'Take the Money and Run'.

The Kunsten Museum of Art in Aalborg, Denmark paid artist Jens Haaning $84,000 in advance to re-create two older sculptures. Instead, he kept the money without labor and called it conceptual art.

A Danish artist who was was given a pile of money by a museum with which to create a piece of artwork, submitted two empty canvases — titled "Take the Money and Run." Jens Haaning was given the ...

(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 $84,000 ...

A Danish artist who was was given a pile of money by a museum with which to create a piece of artwork, submitted two empty canvases — titled “Take the Money and Run.” Jens Haaning was given ...

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish artist who was given a pile of cash by a museum in northern Denmark to create a piece for its exhibition on labor conditions two years ago submitted two empty ...

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts provided its professors and students with pre-prepared art materials. Curiously, the paintings that contained grain proteins all came from earlier in the time ...

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OPINION ‘Art is anything you can get away with’ A Danish artist claims that embezzling $76,000 was essential to his artwork. By Jeff Jacoby Globe Columnist,Updated September 25, 2023, 3:00 a.m. 32 ...