A Danish artist has been ordered to repay a museum after running off with its money upon being commissioned to create a piece of artwork but instead submitted two empty canvases titled "Take the Money and Run."
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