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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 49, December 2, 2001, Article 15 MONEY AS ART J.S.G. Boggs isn't the only artist using money as a theme. The following story comes from ABC News: "ASPEN, Colo. - When Police Officer Rick Magnuson created a work of art titled, "I Dare You to Steal This $100," he knew he was asking for trouble. The conceptual artwork consisted of a small canvas with a $100 bill tacked to it and was displayed at the Aspen Art Museum. "It was up for about a month before somebody had the guts to try to take it," Magnuson remarked. But eventually a clever museum-goer swiped it last Wednesday - and replaced it with five $20 bills. At first Magnuson wasn't amused, saying the piece had been defaced and its meaning altered. "I thought of my options. I think we determined at the [Police Department] that it was potentially criminal mischief - defacing somebody's art."

Wayne Homren, Editor

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