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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
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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 […]