This week's question: A German museum fired an employee who secretly hung his own painting alongside works by Picasso and Dali in hopes of achieving an "artistic breakthrough." If the ex-worker were to paint a new work based on his foiled bid for greatness, what would it be titled?
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THE WINNER: “Unhung Hero”
SECOND PLACE: “The Scream (for Attention)”
Peter Hasby, Rapid City, South Dakota
THIRD PLACE: “Guernican’t”
Ellen Skagerberg, Santa Rosa, California
“I Was Framed”
“A Public Unhanging”
“Ceci N’est Pas Une Great Work”
“Rogue’s Gallery”
“Chiseler’s Mother”
“The Pride Stripped Bare”
“Total Eclipse of My Art”
“The Kiss (-off)”
“The Last Supper (I Can Afford)”
“The Persistence of Vanity”
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