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I just feel like this is badly timed in relation to almost every factor

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Pretty much makes me want to puke my whole abdomen thinking about how much money has been punted towards, um, this while culture budgets get slashed everywhere left, right and centre.

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Just adds insult to injury that it’s pretty much giving any opponents to arts funding a tooootal open goal

Like nothing against Hockney inherently or anything, but giving the money to less recognised artists / people who suffered more financially from the pandemic would have been such an obvious thing to do, I’m genuinely staggered that no one seemed to ask this question

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Also, as a side point, it adds to this idea of London as a heritage space/theme park. Also nothing against Hockney per se, but why trade on glories that are half a century old? Doesn’t a city that regards itself as one of the most culturally vibrant in the world have anyone more recent and relevant they could get to do this stuff?

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Did they mean to get David Hockney to do it but accidentally messaged David Shrigley?

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They could have at least butt-dialled David Squires

I feel like David Shrigley would have done something juuust about demented looking enough for me to enjoy me infinitely more

Edit: I mean enjoy it, not me
I don’t want to masturbate over a temporary underground sign, regardless of what my enemies claim

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i like david hockney but the logo’s a bit rubbs. video installation in piccadilly circus looks good though

what is the logo meant to be actually? like a rebrand thing or just an advert for his exhibition? if it’s the latter then who cares

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are these on changing screens or are they static?
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I did this in about five minutes and for completely free

pull your finger out your arse hockney

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It’s the first of a series of major art projects they’ve commissioned as part of the brand new #LetsDoLondon campaign. Lots more to come very soon.

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Well done he’s 14

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Wut?

Ben Sheppard in the top corner has completely done me

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He looks so pained

Very much enjoying TP UK getting dunked on for not know what “military sanctions” means.

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The head of IT just accidentally sent an email to the whole Belfast office :grinning:

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