• Herbal Gamer
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    25 months ago

    Ok but the guy who gave them “Take the money and run” got sued.

      • Herbal Gamer
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        25 months ago

        It was an artist who took 67,000 euro or something to provide a set of paintings for an exhibition, gave them blank canvases and called it that.

            • @jopepa@lemmy.world
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              25 months ago

              The best part of this former art is how it makes me smile without even seeing it. I wonder how the value would’ve adjusted if they hadn’t lost or museum hadn’t sued to begin with. Not surprised the court ruled for the museum, though. The art world’s weird; a Banksy gets shredding and becomes more valuable because of it.

              • Herbal Gamer
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                15 months ago

                I know, I took it to be a perfect representation of this part of the artworld.

                • @jopepa@lemmy.world
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                  15 months ago

                  I mean it captures the antiestablishment spirit that’s in a lot of it, but this artist essentially commited fraud, so not the fairest light to shine on the rest of them.