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In 2021, a Danish museum loaned artist Jens Haaning the equivalent of $84,000 to recreate one of his old artworks. The money wasn’t his salary — it was supposed to be mounted onto the canvas as part of the piece.
But when the museum opened the delivery crates, they were shocked.
Inside were two blank canvases.
No money. No artwork. Nothing.
Haaning titled the new piece “Take the Money and Run.”
To him, this wasn’t a crime… it was the art. He said the museum didn’t pay him enough for the amount of labor required, so the “act” of taking the money became a statement about low wages, unfair work expectations, and the value of an artist’s time.
The museum was confused, angry, and amazed — but they still displayed the blank canvases in their exhibition.
Why? Because the controversy became part of the story.
The reactions, the shock, the debate… all of it completed the artwork.
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