• An_Ugly_Bastard@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The artist named it “Take the Money and Run.” The museum should change it to “Get your Money Back and Laugh.”

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        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.