He didn’t break the deal. The piece is called “take the money and run” the fact that the money is missing from the empty canvas at display is the statement being made. And people clearly are paying to come see it.

Imagine the exact same scenario but he just never took the money, left it at the museum and just provided 2 empty canvas. It would not have the same effect and reach. And it would have been a breach of contract.

The artist delivered and the Museum literally got their moneys worth.

[–] NotAPenguin@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

He broke the deal because that's not was agreed upon, he was supposed to make an artwork comparing incomes between rich and poor but just stole the money which was intended to be part of the artwork.

He was not hired to make "take the money and run"

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

An artists chose to steal money from a rich museum. That’s art commenting on wealth inequality imo…

[–] NotAPenguin@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's theft and should be punished.

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Idk, not all theft is evil and SHOULD be punished. Stealing food when hungry, stealing back from the capitalist class, funny theft… yeah.

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