This is a look at artist Jens Haaning who scammed the Kunsten Museum out of $84,000 by giving them two empty frames instead of the cash in the frames. This caused a fire storm as the museum tried to get the money back, Hanning tried to stay out of trouble and leverage the controversy to his advantage.
Say what you will, Haaning is a scammer.
He is the sort of artist that I have known for years who take advantage of rich
stupid people and institutions by telling something cheap is worth a fortune.
While I have a deep love of art I don’t like many artists and I’d like to pop
them in the face.
Haaning is one I want to hit. He
is clearly running scams and some times he makes money and more often he doesn’t
has the vast number of unsold works he
still has. That he spent the money as soon as he got it isn’t surprising. That he freaks out when he realizes things
are not going to go his way is even less surprising.
I was amused and horrified
that we let con men like Haaning get away with his nonsense.
Worth a look.
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