Danish artist told to repay museum €67,000 after turning in blank canvasses

I think the problem is this: the man was paid for his work. People don't seem to get that.

The deal was that he was paid an amount of money to make an art piece. That art piece was supposed to use another bunch of money as props. He was supposed to then give back the prop money after the exhibition was over.

When he made his work that used none of the money, that was fine. The museum rolled with it and gave him his dues. They didn't even ask for the prop money back when they realised he wasn't using it.

The problem is that he's now supposed to return the prop money that was to be used in the artwork, and he's refusing to.

He's already been paid, he's just being a shit to an organisation offering a public service.

Haaning told Danish radio:

The work is that I have taken their money. It’s not theft. It is breach of contract, and breach of contract is part of the work. I encourage other people who have working conditions as miserable as mine to do the same. If they’re sitting in some shitty job and not getting paid, and are actually being asked to pay money to go to work, then grab what you can and beat it.

You can turn in a blank canvas and get away with it, you just have to give a great speech afterwards.

Bravo Mr Haaning lol

Seems like the obvious extension of Klein's monochromes.

The artist need not actually furnish the canvas with paint, for if we truly appreciate art we find that we carry the impression of painting within us. If you cannot appreciate this work, you must be lacking in imagination and vision, and therefore what right have you to judge the artist?

Also, props to the artist for creating the most unforgeable painting in history... or the most easily forgeable, depending on how you look at it.

When you are running out of time and you don't have anything and you send a corrupted word/pdf at last minute to win time.