2021/09/27

Artist Jens Haaning Takes Museum’s Money and Runs

Miffed about the meager fee offered for the reproduction of two of his banknote works, Danish artist Jens Haaning pocketed the 534,000 kroner ($84,000) lent by the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg (DK), and delivered two empty frames entitled Take the Money and Run. “The work is that I have taken their money,” Haaning said in an interview. “It’s not theft. It is a breach of contract, and breach of contract is part of the work.” The frames are now on view as part of “Work it Out,” the museum’s ongoing show about art and labour.

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