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> Museum director Lasse Andersson said that he had laughed out loud when he first saw the two blank canvasses in 2021, and decided to show the works anyway. I

> Museum director Lasse Andersson said that he had laughed out loud when he first saw the two blank canvasses in 2021, and decided to show the works anyway. I would have thought choosing to exhibit the two pieces after inspecting them would be seen as acceptance by the museum.

kawhah 3y ago
The museum lent the artist money as well as paying him to produce the works. Accepting the art submitted does not invalidate the artist's requirement to repay the loan.
- dizhn 3y ago
  The"artist" seems like the kind of guy who would easily say the quality of "the material (cash) they gave me wasn't good so I used something else instead. So we're even." He's quoted as saying the musemum gained a lot more in publicity without mentioning the publicity he himself got while stealing the museum's money.
  - hnbad 3y ago
    It's certainly something to hear an artist say that the value they provided in an exchange was exposure. Usually this goes the other way around.
    - Brian_K_White 3y ago
      You know, what a great observation. That could even be part of it all. It probably wasn't an intentional point but it could be. It is so dead on.
  - dagw 3y ago
    In the original Danish article he is quoted saying the whole affair has been good for him professionally as well
dagw 3y ago
Headline is slightly misleading. He doesn't have to pay back his base fee and and actual material costs. What he does have to pay back is the additional money he was supposed to spend on the work, plus legal fees. When he pitched the work and got the commission he said an annual average danish salary in cash would be integrated into the work, and the museum agreed to give him this money on top of his fees. When the money wasn't used in this way in the work the museum received, the museum decided they wanted that money back.
- ryanmcdonough 3y ago
  I wonder if galleries will now have clauses like “The artist shall utilise the bank notes to visually reproduce a specific artwork, such as the Mona Lisa. The bank notes should form the actual colours and contours of the artwork, and the final piece should not be a mere abstract interpretation.”

kawhah 3y ago

The museum lent the artist money as well as paying him to produce the works. Accepting the art submitted does not invalidate the artist's requirement to repay the loan.

dizhn 3y ago
The"artist" seems like the kind of guy who would easily say the quality of "the material (cash) they gave me wasn't good so I used something else instead. So we're even." He's quoted as saying the musemum gained a lot more in publicity without mentioning the publicity he himself got while stealing the museum's money.
- hnbad 3y ago
  It's certainly something to hear an artist say that the value they provided in an exchange was exposure. Usually this goes the other way around.
  - Brian_K_White 3y ago
    You know, what a great observation. That could even be part of it all. It probably wasn't an intentional point but it could be. It is so dead on.
- dagw 3y ago
  In the original Danish article he is quoted saying the whole affair has been good for him professionally as well

dagw 3y ago

Headline is slightly misleading. He doesn't have to pay back his base fee and and actual material costs. What he does have to pay back is the additional money he was supposed to spend on the work, plus legal fees. When he pitched the work and got the commission he said an annual average danish salary in cash would be integrated into the work, and the museum agreed to give him this money on top of his fees. When the money wasn't used in this way in the work the museum received, the museum decided they wanted that money back.

ryanmcdonough 3y ago
I wonder if galleries will now have clauses like “The artist shall utilise the bank notes to visually reproduce a specific artwork, such as the Mona Lisa. The bank notes should form the actual colours and contours of the artwork, and the final piece should not be a mere abstract interpretation.”