On the radio Wednesday I listened to some poor sap learn that his entire retirement portfolio was worth nothing and, yet, apparently some part of humanity is living like it’s the gilded age. I think Britain is collectively smoking something. That’s the only explanation for that black swan that is For The Love of God, and now this, Siren, a 50kg solid gold statue of Kate Moss by artist Marc Quinn. It’s on display at the British Museum, part of their Statuephilia exhibition, opening Saturday. Apparently this exhibition ties in with a “major new television series.” Woo Hoo…
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Quinn putting Kate in this rather unnatural position will certainly add to the statue’s desirability among today’s art-buying public.
” I think Britain is collectively smoking something. That’s the only explanation for that black swan that is For The Love of God, and now this, Siren, a 50kg solid gold statue of Kate Moss by artist Marc Quinn. It’s on display at the British Museum, part of their Statuephilia exhibition, opening Saturday. Apparently this exhibition ties in with a “major new television series.”
Where I have been able to read about this?
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