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Emin raises talking complete bollocks to new art form

British Artist Tracey Emin has amazed the contemporary art scene with an entirely new concept in performance art, by talking bollocks with John Humphrys on the BBC Today programme.

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Posted: May 17th, 2011
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Tracey Emin to spend a year in formaldehyde for tax reasons

wanted to call it 'every accountant I've ever slept with, ever'.The world of conceptual art has been set chattering by news that Tracey Emin has agreed to be suspended in formaldehyde for a year on the advice of her accountants. The artist has agreed to take part in the latest installation by Fat Les frontman Damien Hirst entitled ‘Tracey Cayman’. Hirst described it as ‘a sort of conceptual visual protest song higlighting the gross iniquity of the current 50% top rate’.

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Posted: Oct 10th, 2009
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Damien Hirst sets new auction record with ‘Investment Banker in Formaldehyde’

The piece entitled ‘Oh Shit’ fetched £2.3bn.

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Posted: Sep 22nd, 2008
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Banksy didn’t draw ‘Naked Lady with Big Bosoms’

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Posted: Mar 26th, 2007
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