Danish artist told to repay museum €67,000 after turning in blank canvasses

> Museum director Lasse Andersson said that he had laughed out loud when he first saw the two blank canvasses in 2021, and decided to show the works anyway.

I would have thought choosing to exhibit the two pieces after inspecting them would be seen as acceptance by the museum.

Museum director Lasse Andersson said that he had laughed out loud when he first saw the two blank canvasses in 2021, and decided to show the works anyway.

"He stirred up my curatorial staff and he also stirred me up a bit, but I also had a laugh because it was really humoristic," the museum's director, Lasse Andersson

So the museum director was happy, curators were interested and they were on display - feels like the money was his?

This reminds me of a common theme in the art world. I wonder if there is a name for it. Maybe "Low effort art"?

Examples off the top of my head:

John Cage "composed" a song consisting of just silence.

Marcel Duchamp exhibited a urinal which he simply purchased from a store.

Yves Klein exhibited 11 paintings that were exactly the same. They were simply blue, no structures or subject. But he priced them all differently.

I can't remember the name, but I recently read about a photographer who exhibited nothing and then made photos of confused faces during the exhibition.

I can't remember which art prize it was, but there once was an art price which asked artists to "make a piece of art that represents your country". And a female artist wrote back "Dear jury, just give me the art prize for my reputation. You can keep the money in return. This would also represent my country as we have so much corruption here". And she won.