Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Turkey carried out air strikes in northern Iraq and destroyed 20 PKK targets: Turkish MoD
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Turkish warplanes carry out an air strike that targeted the Matin area in Dohuk, northern Iraq
Israeli media: The settlers wrote the word “revenge” in the site and uprooted dozens of olive trees
Israeli media: Settlers set ablaze a farm in the town of Deir Dibwan in the West Bank
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claims responsibility for Ankara attack
British Defense Minister Grant Shapps: We are deploying RAF Typhoons to Poland
British Defense Minister Grant Shapps announces a 4 billion pound ($4.9 billion) deal to build attack submarines
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: We have waited 60 years at the doorstep of the European Union. We are no longer waiting.
Al Mayadeen correspondent: One civilian martyred, another injured by Saudi Arabia's armed forces in Saada, Yemen.
The Turkish authorities have banned media from broadcasting at the scene of an attempted terrorist attack that hit the capital near Parliament earlier.

Empty frames Danish artist demanded with reimbursement of funds

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: The Guardian
  • 19 Sep 2023 12:23
  • x

Jens Haaning's artwork was two empty frames bearing the title Take the Money and Run.

  • Empty frames displayed at Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg, northern Denmark. (AFP via Getty Images)
    Empty frames displayed at Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg, northern Denmark (AFP via Getty Images)

A Danish artist who received substantial loans from a museum and presented empty frames as his artwork has been instructed by a court to return the money

Jens Haaning, a conceptual artist known for his exploration of power and inequality, was commissioned by the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg, northern Denmark, in 2021. His task was to recreate two previous works that symbolized average incomes by using numerous banknotes.

In 2007, Jens Haaning created a piece titled An Average Danish Annual Income, which featured Danish krone notes affixed to a canvas within a frame. He also produced another work in 2011 centered on Austrian incomes, using euro bills.

The Museum allocated approximately 532,000 kroner (equivalent to £61,500) from its reserves to recreate the artworks, in addition to an artist's fee of around 40,000 kroner. However, upon unpacking the recently received artworks, museum staff discovered two empty frames bearing the title Take the Money and Run.

After the Museum exhibited the new artworks and Jens Haaning refused to refund the money he had been lent, the Museum resorted to legal action.

On Monday, a court in Copenhagen ruled that the artist must reimburse the loaned funds while stipulating that he should still receive his fee.

At the time, Lasse Andersson, the director of the Kunsten Museum, said as quoted by The Guardian, “We are not a wealthy museum. … We have to think carefully about how we spend our funds, and we don’t spend more than we can afford.”

At the time, Haaning said as quoted by Haaning, “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.”

He added, “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.”

  • Jens Haaning
  • Kunsten Museum of Modern Art
  • Danish artist
  • Denmark

Most Read

BBC from the front lines in Ukraine: It's bad, counteroffensive failed

BBC from the front lines in Ukraine: It's bad, counteroffensive failed

  • Europe
  • 28 Sep 2023
Who Would Ally with the West: ‘It’s Boring – The Real Excitement is in Asia’

Who Would Ally with the West: ‘It’s Boring – The Real Excitement is in Asia’

  • Analysis
  • 30 Sep 2023
US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

'Not 1 more cent': Americans are done with funding Ukraine's paychecks

  • Europe
  • 30 Sep 2023
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer tells low-income families to buy their children McDonald's burgers.

Austria Chancellor's solution to poor families: McDonald's burgers

  • Europe
  • 29 Sep 2023

Coverage

All
Morocco & Libya Disasters

Read Next

All
tusk
Europe

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk leads million-man rally in Warsaw

Eastern Libyan authorities postpone reconstruction meeting for Derna.
MENA

Libyan authorities postpone reconstruction conference for Derna

Saudi Arabia to record fiscal deficit in 2023, blaming falling oil revenues.
MENA

Saudi Arabia to record fiscal deficit in 2023; oil revenues to blame

McCarthy
US & Canada

Leading hardline Republican says will move to oust McCarthy

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS