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The Upper Room is an installation of 13 paintings of rhesus macaque monkeys by British artist Chris Ofili in a specially-designed room. It was bought by the Tate Gallery in 2005 and caused controversy as Ofili was on the board of Tate trustees at the time of the purchase.
On August 14, 2005 The Sunday Telegraph published an article by their arts correspondent, Chris Hastings, with the heading, "Chris Ofili said artists should give work to the Tate for nothing... so why has he accepted £100,000 for one of his dung pictures?" It expressed criticism of the Tate's purchase, because Ofili was a serving trustee (which had not previously been mentioned in the press), and, furthermore, the previous year had urged other artists to donate work to the Tate because of a shortage of funds to buy new acquisitions.[1]
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Upper_Room_%28paintings%29
Everyone complains about enron and corporate ceos and lobbyists and conflicts of interest, but only about 5 people care about this When are we going to have some big art scandals? I demand artists being thrown in jail for 25 years for fraud. Or for having kiddy porn. Or for doing coke. Really, anything that gets artists behind bars and away from painting supplies I'm for.
On August 14, 2005 The Sunday Telegraph published an article by their arts correspondent, Chris Hastings, with the heading, "Chris Ofili said artists should give work to the Tate for nothing... so why has he accepted £100,000 for one of his dung pictures?" It expressed criticism of the Tate's purchase, because Ofili was a serving trustee (which had not previously been mentioned in the press), and, furthermore, the previous year had urged other artists to donate work to the Tate because of a shortage of funds to buy new acquisitions.[1]
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Upper_Room_%28paintings%29
Everyone complains about enron and corporate ceos and lobbyists and conflicts of interest, but only about 5 people care about this When are we going to have some big art scandals? I demand artists being thrown in jail for 25 years for fraud. Or for having kiddy porn. Or for doing coke. Really, anything that gets artists behind bars and away from painting supplies I'm for.

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