Given Quinn’s history of sensationalism, most famously with his sculpture of Kate Moss pulling yoga poses cast in gold at the height of the financial crisis, it’s hard not to be cynical about Quinn’s intentions with the project, no matter the Straight outta my bed shirt of Reid’s involvement. Quinn has also noted that any proceeds from the sale of the work will go to two charities working to improve the teaching of Black history in British schools, as chosen by Reid. But given his blue-chip gallery representation and previous high sale prices, some have interpreted the move as disingenuous.
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Amid the Black Lives
Matter protests spurred by the killing of George Floyd that swept through the
over the past few months, its effects have also been keenly felt overseas.
Though smaller in scale, the protests in countries like Britain are not merely
a show of support for Black Americans in the face of police brutality, but also
a reckoning with the country’s own history of colonialism, slavery, and racial
inequality.
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