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A Danish artist has been ordered to repay a museum after he absconded with his money after receiving a commission to create a work of art, but instead submitted two empty canvases titled “Take the Money and Run”.
In 2021, Jens Haaning received the equivalent of almost $84,000 in Danish kroner and euro notes from the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg.
He has now been ordered to repay approximately $70,600 and an additional $11,000 in court costs.
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People stand in front of an empty frame hanging at the Kunsten Museum in Aalborg, Denmark, September 28, 2021. (Getty Images)
“I’m shocked, but at the same time it’s exactly what I imagined,” Haaning told Danish public broadcaster DR on Monday.
For its exhibition on working conditions and money, titled “Work It Out,” the museum commissioned Haaning to recreate two of his earlier works, which featured banknotes attached to a canvas depicting the average annual salary in Denmark and in Austria. In addition to lending him the tickets, the museum also paid him $3,900 for the work.
When the museum received the completed artwork, it was blank.
A woman stands in front of an empty frame hanging at the Kunsten Museum in Aalborg, Denmark. The artist, Jens Haaning, was ordered to repay the museum for taking his money, not creating artwork, and instead submitting blank canvases titled: “Take the money and run.” (Getty Images)
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“The work of art is that I took the money,” Haaning told DR at the time. “I encourage those who have working conditions just as miserable as me to do the same. If they are asked to give money to go to work, then take that money and run.”
The museum said Haaning broke an agreement on how to use the money. The artist disputed these allegations.
“It’s not theft, it’s a breach of contract, and breach of contract is part of the job,” he said at the time.
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