Art or heist? A Danish artist took $84k and sent a museum 2 blank canvases

Re:Art or heist? A Danish artist took $84k and sent a museum... by lelandfe on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @03:18PM (#28698529)

The Tate Modern has a huge room filled with what seems to be detritus left over from mounting art - ladders, glue, tape, and so on. Your first reaction is that they are switching out an exhibition.

It’s only when you read the placard that you find out that each item had been painstakingly carved out of something like resin and painted over a span of years.

Nearby is an empty room, where they actually are switching out an exhibition.

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Re:Art or heist? A Danish artist took $84k and sent a museum... by thrwyoilarticle on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @03:37PM (#28698784)

So you visited the Tate Modern and, out of all the pieces, the one you recall an anecdote about was the obnoxious detritus? Seems like it did the job.

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Re:Art or heist? A Danish artist took $84k and sent a museum... by lelandfe on Thursday September 30, 2021 @12:39AM (#28703252)

I actually quite liked that piece :)

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