Some members might have seen news of an interesting case from Denmark. An artist, Jens Haaning, was commissioned by the Kunsten Museum in Aalborg to produce two works of art showing, respectively, an average Danish and Austrian annual income in actual bank notes. The museum provided him with about EUR72,000 intending to recover the notes when the exhibition was over. The artist delivered two blank canvasses entitled “Take the Money and Run”. He was reported as saying (translation by google): “No, it's not theft. It is a breach of contract, and breach of contract is part of the work.” Last month a court in Denmark ordered him to repay most but not all of the money (about EUR66,000), holding that he was entitled to retain his expenses and a fee that presumably had been agreed.

 

A more serious message will follow presently!

 

Lionel

 

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