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Sotheby's begins auction of British Airways artworks

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Sotheby's begins auction of British Airways artworks

Sotheby's London offices on Monday began the auction of more than a dozen corporate artworks being sold by British Airways with the hope of raising cash to recoup pandemic-related losses.

Statue of Black Lives Matter protester removed in Britain

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Statue of Black Lives Matter protester removed in Britain

City workers in Bristol, England, removed a statue of a Black Lives Matter protester Thursday, one day after it was erected on the spot where a monument to a slave trader once stood.

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Museum unveils gold sculpture of Kate Moss

An 18-carat gold sculpture depicting fashion model Kate Moss in a yoga pose has been installed at the British Museum as part of its "Statuephilia" exhibition.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

Gold statue of Kate Moss worth $3M

A solid gold statue of supermodel Kate Moss, worth nearly $3 million, is set to go on display at the British Museum, officials said.

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New statue depicts Moss in yoga pose

British artist Marc Quinn plans to unveil a new, 10-foot sculpture depicting model Kate Moss in an extreme yoga position this fall.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

Kate Moss immortalized in bronze

A bronze sculpture of British supermodel Kate Moss entitled "Sphinx" is being prepared for display in the Netherlands.

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New DeBretts lists cream of U.K. society

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London to get naked, pregnant statue

London's historic Trafalgar Square will soon feature a statue of an armless, naked and pregnant thalidomide victim, The Guardian reported Tuesday.

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I thought the next thing to do would be to make a sculpture of the person who's the ideal beauty of the moment
Museum unveils gold sculpture of Kate Moss Oct 03, 2008

She is a contemporary version of the sphinx. A mystery
New statue depicts Moss in yoga pose Aug 08, 2007

Marc Quinn (born 1964) is a British artist, best known for Alison Lapper Pregnant, a statue of Alison Lapper which has been installed on the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square, self, a sculpture of his head made with his own frozen blood, and "Garden" (2000). He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs).

Quinn was born in London. He studied history and the history of art at Robinson College, Cambridge. He worked as an assistant to the sculptor Barry Flanagan.

He was not represented in the 1988 Damien Hirst-curated Freeze exhibition which brought the YBAs together for the first time (although he did at one time share a flat with Hirst). Quinn emerged in the early 1990s. He was the first artist represented by Jay Jopling, and was exhibited in Charles Saatchi's defining Sensation.

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