According to the agreement between the Danish artist Jans Haaning and the museum Kunsten in Aalborg, the artwork of the former was to consist of two glass frames with many banknotes. But when the staff at the art museum Kunsten in Aalborg opened the packages from the artist Jens Haaning two days ago, something was missing: half a million kroner.
The money the museum had lent the artist, and they were to be part of the work, writes DR.
Instead, he had created a new work entitled: “Take the Money And Run”. For that was exactly what the artist did; took the money and ran.
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Half a million
– The work is that half a million is missing, said Jens Haaning when he was in Danish P1 Morgen to explain himself.
According to Haaning, the exact amount is 534,000 Danish kroner, which he has borrowed from the art museum to restore two of his previous works. According to the agreement, the money must be returned when the exhibition ends. But it will not happen, says Jens Haaning.
– No it does not. The pain is that I have taken their money, he says.
Haaning believes the work is a protest against the salary the museum offered him for the artwork.
