They say art is subjective, but sometimes viewers can’t help but wonder how the piece they are looking at could be considered art. Now, a museum in Denmark may be thinking the same thing after they paid an artist $84,000 for work, only to receive a blank canvas in return. Now, the piece titled ‘Take the Money and Run’ is now on display, leaving many wondering if it’s actually art or not.
Danish artist Jens Haaning recently gave the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg, Denmark two blank canvases after being paid to create something for an exhibit. Haaning was asked to recreate two of his previous works that used actual cash to show the average incomes of Denmark and Austria.
However, the artist decided to change it up for the museums ‘Work it Out’ exhibit.
“The curator received an email in which Jens Haaning wrote that he had made a new piece of art work and changed the work title into 'Take the Money and Run.' Subsequently, we could ascertain that the money had not been put into the work," said museum director Lasse Andersson. Luckily, the museum was able to laugh about it and now have the blank canvases on display, according to CBS News. Maybe Haaning’s next work will actually have something to display.
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