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‘Take the money and run’: Danish artist keeps money from museum intended for artwork
A museum in Denmark is finding out just how much an empty canvas is worth. The frame was supposed to be filled with cash. Danish artist Jens Haaning was given the equivalent of nearly $84,000 in Danish kroner and euro banknotes by the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg but decided to keep the money to himself and submitted two empty canvases — titled…
Modern Chinese opera troupe keeps art of Peking opera alive
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Members of the Shanghai Peking Opera Troupe are helping to keep Chinese opera alive by incorporating new and more modern elements in the programme. As a result, Peking opera, considered the most influential of all the Chinese operatic genres, has reportedly been attracting a growing number of younger members in the audience. Related story: Revolutionary Peking…