Danish Artist Ordered To Pay Back Museum After He Submitted COMPLETELY BLANK Canvases!
perezhilton.comSometimes less is more… But not usually when you’re cut a check to turn in a prestigious job! In 2021, Danish artist Jens Haaning (that’s not him above btw, that’s Diego Luna) was commissioned to create a new piece for Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg, and that he did!
Well, sort of… The museum put on an exhibition that was intended to portray labor conditions and salary in Denmark and Austria.
The museum thought Jens would be the perfect guy for the job, as he’d previously featured a bank note representing average salaries in one of his works of art.
It sounds like they pretty much wanted him to replicate that for them. For the gig, they provided him with the bank notes — and paid him the equivalent of about $84,000 to do the job… However, he had his own idea for the project. Related: Is Elon Musk Going To Charge EVERYBODY To Use X (Twitter)?! Instead of turning in what they had in mind, Jens submitted two completely BLANK canvases — like, not a DROP of paint or anything to be seen — and simply titled them: We’re sorry, WHAT??
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