Staff member put work on display at Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne ‘in hope of achieving his breakthrough’

The 51-year-old man had smuggled his work into the display at Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne “in the hope of achieving his artistic breakthrough”, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reported, citing police sources.

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    6 months ago

    “All I can say is that we did not receive any positive feedback on the addition from visitors to the gallery,”

    Not a strong debut and I understand why museum did this but they’re pursuing charges fir drilling 2 holes in a wall? The corporate mentality for an art institution is so cringe.

    • nihilvain@lemmy.mlEnglish
      13·
      6 months ago

      Most likely they couldn’t figure out anything else to charge him hence the “drilling the wall” thing.

    • modifierEnglish
      51·
      6 months ago

      I’m sure it has a lot more to do with discouraging others from giving it a go.

  • NounsAndWords@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    6 months ago

    The Pinakothek spokesperson said the painting had been hung in the early hours and spotted by staff soon after the museum opened the same day.

    For some reason I was really hoping he got away with it for a little while.

  • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
    13·
    6 months ago

    So this one time I snuck into a corporate building in Spokane and hung artwork in a tucked-away hallway off of the lobby. I forgot about it until a couple years later and it was all still there.

    • john89English
      3·
      6 months ago

      It honestly sounds like a really good idea to get your art out into the world.

  • Fades@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    6 months ago

    they’re going for criminal charges due to ‘willful damage of property’

    that is some fuckin bullshit, two small drill holes and you want criminal action??? fuck off

  • john89English
    73·
    6 months ago

    Doesn’t surprise me.

    The art “community” is full of assholes just sucking off those who have wealth.

    If this guy cashed out without buying in, that wouldn’t be good for the people profiting off of art and the useful idiots gawking at it.