--- --- # Watch What Happens When an IKEA Painting Is on Display at a Dutch Art Museum  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 19, 2015 3:44 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 19, 2015 3:44 PM UTC The Dutch team of Internet pranksters “LifeHunters” put a painting from IKEA on display at the Museum Arnhem in the Netherlands and asked art aficionados for their opinion of the work by “Ike Andrews”—a surreal piece that shows a spider mounting a whale. Visitors described the artist as a man who can “put all of his emotions” in a painting. Best reactions include: * “It’s a depiction of the chaos in his mind” * “You can clearly see that it concerns a form of symbolism” * “It includes nostalgic attributes” One even said he would pay 2.5 million euros (about $2.6 million) ### See Never Before Seen Warhol Art  Parking Garage Sign 1976-86 Stitched Photo The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society  Building Facade 1976-86 Stitched Photo The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society  Mannequin 1976-86 Stitched Photo The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society  Striped Blanket 1976-86 Stitched Photo The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society  Greek Sculpture (Male Lower Torso) 1976-86 Stitched Photo The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society  Contact Sheet 1976 Warhol Opening; Dinner Party; Seattle Art Museum; Nov. 18, 1976 "Dinner with Andy" at Seattle Art Museum. Installation shots of Seattle Portrait show. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society  Contact Sheet 1986 New York Flea Market and Jean Michel Basquiat; Man at Hot Dog Stand; Jean Michel Basquiat with emergency care package food and water for one person - 14 days wearing peace t-shirt The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society  Contact Sheet 1987 Paris; Eiffel Tower; Place Madeleine The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society IKEA Painting Displayed at Dutch Art Museum for Prank: Video ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3750805/ikea-painting-dutch-art-museum/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3750805/ikea-painting-dutch-art-museum/"},"headline":"Watch What Happens When an IKEA Painting Is on Display at a Dutch Art Museum","datePublished":"2015-03-19T15:44:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:52.260Z","description":"One man said he would pay the equivalent of $2.6 million for the approximately $10 painting","url":"https://time.com/3750805/ikea-painting-dutch-art-museum/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3750805/ikea-painting-dutch-art-museum/","name":"Watch What Happens When an IKEA Painting Is on Display at a Dutch Art Museum"}}]}] ```