A German art gallery employee snuck in his own art in hopes of a breakthrough. Now the police are involved.

A contemporary artwork museum in Germany has fired considered one of its workers after the ability stated that they added a private contact to an exhibit – their very own artwork.

In keeping with Munich newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, the self-proclaimed freelance artist was a 51-year-old man who labored in technical service on the Pinakothek der Moderne, a contemporary artwork museum that holds greater than 20,000 items, together with works by Pablo Picasso, René Magritte and Salvador Dalí – and for a short while, the worker.

The worker, who was not named within the native report, hung up a portray measuring nearly 2 ft by 4 ft. A spokesperson for the museum advised Süddeutsche Zeitung they weren’t positive how lengthy the portray was up, however that they do not consider it was up for very lengthy. The person is alleged to have had entry to the exhibit by which his artwork was hung outdoors opening hours.

“The supervisors discover one thing like this instantly,” a spokesperson advised the outlet.

The impromptu addition to the gallery was taken down and the person was fired, however the police are additionally investigating. In keeping with the newspaper, the worker had drilled two holes into an empty hallway to hold the portray, which the police are investigating for the offense of property harm. Citing police, the newspaper stated the person had hoped hanging the artwork could be his breakthrough to fame.

CBS Information has reached out to the museum for remark.

The Pinakothek der Moderne is considered one of Europe’s largest fashionable and up to date artwork museums, housing 4 collections. The incident got here simply weeks after the opening of a brand new exhibit by the efficiency artist FLATZ, who in 1979 “posed bare as a dwelling dartboard,” permitting spectators to throw darts at him, and within the early ’90s swung the other way up between metal plates, hitting the metallic loudly for 5 minutes “till he fell unconscious,” the museum says.

“The exhibition is dedicated to FLATZ’s radical idea of the physique that, in an unmistakable method, repeatedly addresses the delicate and fragile as nicely,” the museum says.