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Joanna Taylor

What to do and see in London this week 9th-15th September

Crimes of the Future

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THE CREATION CREMATION

NFTs: are they a valuable commodity or simply useless pixels? Well, last year artist Damien Hirst left it up to us to decide. After having sold 10,000 physical artworks and matching NFTs for $2,000 each, he asked each buyer to decide which they would rather keep. The Currency at Newport Street Gallery will see Hirst burn some of the 4,581 discarded canvas artworks every day beginning 9 September. RIP.

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