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LONDON - A month after Damien Hirst entered the record books by selling a new batch of his work for 111 million pounds ($193 million), some of his fellow British artists offered their creations free on Sunday.
More than 50, including Gavin Turk, Chantal Joffe, Bob and Roberta Smith and Bruce McLean have been showing their work at a central London gallery this week and at the end of Sunday visitors were to be allowed to take away a piece for nothing.
Founder of the Free Art Fair Jasper Joffe said the idea was to provide an antidote to the hype that surrounded the September auction of Hirst’s work at Sotheby’s.
“I thought we should do something different from what everyone else is doing at this time of year,” said Joffe on the Free Art Fair’s website. “Something that excites people and values art not selling.
“This gives anyone the chance to own a serious piece of art.”
One of the exhibitors at the Free Art Fair, Paul Harris, offered a piece of paper said to have been touched by the multi-millionaire Hirst.
This is the Free Art Fair’s second year, and some visitors queued overnight for a chance to get their hands on the art.
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