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Danish artist told to repay museum €67,000 after turning in blank canvasses (www.bbc.com)

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[–] WhatAmLemmy 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If this stunt generated far more publicity and/or patrons than an actual painting, couldn't the "artist" argue they fulfilled their end of the deal?

I wouldn't be surprised if some rich idiot pays a large amount of money for it, like that Banksy painting that sold for 20x after self-destructing.

[–] An_Ugly_Bastard 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First, Banksey actually creates art. Second, This stunt generated 0 patrons. The person who does marketing for the museum generated publicity and patrons for bringing this to the medias attention. Without that, people would wonder why there was a blank canvas there.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

This stunt generated 0 patrons.

How do you know that? We wouldn't even know about this museum if it wasn't for this artist.

Do you really believe nobody found out about this place and decided to go based on hearing this story?

Interesting world you live in.