Museum fires employee for hanging up his own artwork

Employers love a self-starter — but when a worker with lofty ambitions decided to mount his own piece at an art museum in Munich this year, his efforts were not appreciated by his superiors.

The technical employee was fired from the Pinakothek der Moderne after he surreptitiously hung his approximately 2-by-4-foot drawing in the institution’s modern art collection in late February, spokesperson Tine Nehler said by email.