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To carry out the fraud and trick those who bid for it at Deutsch Auctioneers, it was enough to damage the painting, so as to give the canvas an aged appearance. But this is far from the only act of fraud in the art business: scammers benefit from a market that has ‘a lot of money and little judgment’

In 2021, Danish artist Jens Haaning was commissioned to create artwork featuring real cash that was lent to him by the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art. The museum gave him 532,549 Danish kroner, which equals

Danish artist Jens Haaning submitted two blank canvases as 'pieces of art' to a museum

A court ordered Jens Haaning to return the money from his "Take the Money and Run" stunt

COPENHAGEN (AFP) – A Danish court on Monday ordered an artist to refund a museum which gave him EUR70,000 in cash to incorporate into artworks and he delivered blank canvasses entitled “Take the Money and Run”. Jens Haaning was commissioned by the Kunsten Museum in the western city of Aalborg to reproduce two works using […]

A Danish artist who delivered two framed blank canvases titled “Take the Money and Run” must repay the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art about $7

Danish artist Jens Haaning, who accepted a $76,000 commission from the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, has been ordered to repay the Aalborg, Denmark, institution roughly $70,000 after submitting a pair blank canvases rather than the expected artworks.

A Copenhagen court has ruled that Jens Haaning must return almost all of the 530,000 Danish krone ($76,000) he borrowed from a museum to create banknote-filled artworks that he never delivered.

A Copenhagen court has ruled that Jens Haaning must return almost all of the 530,000 Danish krone ($76,000) he borrowed from a museum to create banknote-filled artworks that he never delivered.

Sometimes less is more… But not usually when you’re cut a check to turn in a prestigious job! In 2021, Danish artist Jens Haaning (that's not him above