Technician, 51, who hung his own picture in an exhibition about art world glitches, has been sacked and given a three-year banThe first picture that greeted visitors to the first-floor exhibition space in Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne gallery on 23 February may not have immediately grabbed their attention.The 60cm by 120cm artwork was a retro-looking photograph of a family of four, with the background and parts of the faces and bodies roughly painted over in white. It was unassuming compared with the video- and photo-based artworks in the adjacent rooms, but only on closer inspection might visitors have wondered why there was no label giving the artist or the work’s title. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/13/revealed-the-artwork-sneaked-into-a-german-gallery-by-an-employee-and-the-story-behind-it
Author : Philip Oltermann European culture editor
Publish date : 2024-04-13 14:27:30
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