German gallery fires employee for hanging own art in exhibition - BBC News

The employee of the Munich gallery said he hoped the stunt would help achieve his breakthrough.

7 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The man's artwork measured more than a metre in length (stock image)By Jacqueline HowardBBC NewsA modern art gallery in Germany has fired an employee after discovering the budding artist had hung his own work in an exhibition.

The 51-year-old man had drilled two holes in a wall to mount his painting in Munich's Pinakothek der Moderne.

Local media reported the man had pulled the stunt in the hope of achieving his artistic breakthrough.

A spokesperson for the gallery said the artwork was not on display for very long.

"The supervisors notice something like this immediately," Tine Nehler told German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, adding the piece was returned to the artist.

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