BRITISH taxpayers have paid Ѓ1,500 for a foreign painter to exhibit INVISIBLE pictures.

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BRITISH taxpayers have paid Ѓ1,500 for a foreign painter to exhibit INVISIBLE pictures.

BRITISH taxpayers have paid Ѓ1,500 for a foreign painter to exhibit INVISIBLE pictures.

Polish artist Agnieszka Kurant got the Arts Council England grant for a show that included "a painting that hasn't been painted yet".

Warsaw-based Kurant's Snow Black exhibition also had "an invisible sculpture" and "a movie shot with no film in the camera".

Her windfall was among Ѓ147,755 given to foreign artists by the Labour government in the year to last April.

Culture Department officials insisted there were "substantial benefits for English artists and audiences".

But Tory MP Matt Hancock condemned it as "a staggering waste".

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3256046/Taxpayers-cash-spent-on-invisible-art.html#ixzz173MM8LZT

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hobbit709

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Fri Dec-03-10 08:03 AM
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1. I like the concept but I don't think it's worth paying for.

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SpiralHawk

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Fri Dec-03-10 08:14 AM
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4. You will gladly pay after you read my eloquent and invisible reply:

Edited on Fri Dec-03-10 08:17 AM by SpiralHawk

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FormerDittoHead

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Fri Dec-03-10 08:07 AM
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2. In the news: Polish artist Agnieszka Kurant dies! Her art work skyrockets in value! n/t

:sarcasm:

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bullimiami

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Fri Dec-03-10 08:12 AM
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3. thats the chance you take when you support the arts.

of course opposition parties will make a fuss about it.

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JackintheGreen

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Fri Dec-03-10 08:28 AM
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5. I'm fine with this, if he was paid in invisible money

you know, like the disappearing dollar.

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w4rma

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Sat Dec-04-10 12:32 AM
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6. This article is full of overblown BS. (nt)

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gmoney

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Sat Dec-04-10 01:33 AM
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7. I have one of her invisible sculptures at my house

I keep misplacing it though.

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Jackpine Radical

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Sat Dec-04-10 10:18 AM
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8. Between your one-liner

Edited on Sat Dec-04-10 10:18 AM by Jackpine Radical

and that kitten pic, this has to be the funniest post of the week.

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