The case was really ready to be handled within the excessive courtroom, however now the artist Jens Haaning and the museum Kunsten in Aalborg have agreed to place the dispute over the art work “Take the Cash and Run” behind them.
The events have reached a settlement, and Jens Haaning’s attraction in opposition to the judgment handed down by Copenhagen Metropolis Courtroom in September has thus been withdrawn.
That is acknowledged by Kunsten in a press launch.
The settlement has been reached after Kunsten, with help from the Obel Household Basis, has agreed to purchase the art work, it says.
– The Obelske Familiefond has solved the Gordian knot, which neither Jens Haaning nor Kunsten has been in a position to clear up because the exhibition “Work it Out” in 2021, which included the work “Take the Cash and Run”, says museum director Lasse Andersson within the press launch.
– It can be crucial for modern artwork, for the artist Jens Haaning, for the Kunsten Museum of Fashionable Artwork Aalborg and for the work “Take the Cash and Run”, {that a} answer has been discovered. Which means Jens Haaning’s “Take the Cash and Run” is secured for posterity as a part of Kunsten’s assortment and might be proven to the general public.
It went all over the world when it emerged in autumn 2021 that artist Jens Haaning had despatched two empty frames to Kunsten i Aalborg.
In accordance with the settlement with the museum, the frames ought to have contained money for round DKK 500,000 of the museum’s cash. However the cash was gone and the artist refused to repay the quantity.
In September, Copenhagen Metropolis Courtroom decided that the cash belonged to the museum and that Jens Haaning needed to pay slightly below half 1,000,000 to the museum.
A judgment that Jens Haaning appealed. The Excessive Courtroom ought to have heard the case in Might subsequent 12 months, however that’s not the case.
– The battle over the Haaning work has put the museum in a troublesome state of affairs, and we’re more than happy to have the ability to contribute to the matter being resolved amicably, whereas additionally making certain that the work leads to the museum the place it belongs, says director of the Obel Household Basis John Amund Tønnes within the press launch.
Kunsten doesn’t need to disclose what “Take the Cash and Run” has price.
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2024-05-15 11:04:44
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