When you visit an art museum, have you ever thought about this scenario: if you secretly hung your random paintings on the walls of an art museum, would anyone value and notice them? In the Tate Museum, such a thing really happened.

The story follows Criatura, an art blogger who decides to prove the futility of modern art through a daring artistic farce. He plans to sneak a meaningless painting of his own into one of the UK’s largest galleries, the Tate Modern, and hang it there.

Criatura sneaks into the gallery with his work wrapped in a plastic bag. In front of a blank wall, while the security guard turned around for a moment, he quickly hung up his own works. Unexpectedly, it soon attracted the attention of many tourists. They surrounded the meaningless painting, engaged in lively discussions, immersed themselves in it and took photos. 

This performance art has sparked widespread controversy. Some felt that Criatura’s aim was to question the hollowness and meaninglessness of modern art, and that his act became a performance art expression in itself. The audience was left to ponder the definition and concept of art, and the art world was challenged and re-examined.  

Criatura’s “meaningless painting” was discovered hanging in the Tate Modern after a period of time, removed by security guards and returned to the artist. This incident has become one of the most famous stories in the history of modern art and is widely discussed and celebrated.