Stephen Robertson, chief executive of the Big Issue Foundation, said it was "a terrifically generous act" and "a powerful statement from an artist".
Modern Kickstarter campaigns typically offer rewards ranging from T-shirts to a personal visit from an artist or an executive producer credit on a film.
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Anyone could raise money for a specific goal, project, or cause, from an artist trying to put on a gallery show, to an at home inventor producing his latest invention.
If there is going to be film, theatre and dance, then it is going to come from an artist's work or mind - not as a separate programme that bears no relation to the art on show.
Some come by e-mail, in a note from an artist asking me to view his work, or a press release from an auction house or a museum, or a request by a PR agent to speak with a special client.
That means the industry now has varying degrees of success, he said, from an artist such as Adele, whom he calls "lightning in the bottle" able to sell both singles and albums, to some such as Jepsen, who has sold millions of singles but not as many albums.
The first announcement of acts also includes cabaret courtesy of The Horne Section, a celebration of David Bowie from the Institute of Contemporary Arts, an appearance from artist David Shrigley, poetry from Tim Key and talks from Germaine Greer and Alan Moore.
After a torrent of emails from geneticists, an artist scrambled to fix the rendering and repost it.
"People described you as 'very married, '" said Ms. Reist, who had separated from her husband, an artist, in 1999.
Madonna grew up in the shanty area of Shanghai's Zhabei District, and wanted to be an artist from when she was young (and as a result took not a few artists as lovers).
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The carnival theme is especially strong here, and perhaps the most emblematic and powerful of these works is "Spirit of the Carnival (The British forces of law and order in confrontation with an ancient African Spirit)" (1982) by Tam Joseph, an artist from the tiny island of Dominica.
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Hanging in Robert Johnson's den at home is an oil from the 1930s by an African-American artist named Palmer Hayden.
Working from an image or an idea in her head, the artist starts to build up from that shape, stacking cedar four-by-fours into an intricate structure like a fantastical set of Lincoln Logs.
The Trussardis, Zegnas and Max Mara's Maramotti family, for instance, have sponsored everything from an exhibition of American contemporary artist Paul McCarthy's Pig Island sculpture to a full-on art museum, Collezione Maramotti.
He said the gift by the late Mr and Mrs Jewell, who commissioned work directly from the artist and "enjoyed an extended correspondence" with her, included five paintings from between 1966 and 1971.
From a design point of view as an artist, it had such an impact on me.
Amongst the speakers were Canon Professor John Rodwell, an environmentalist from Lancaster Priory, and artist Penny Warden who created the unique Stations of the Cross at the cathedral.
"It was acquired directly from the artist by the vendor at an exhibition Hirst held at the Hilario Galgueria Gallery in Mexico in 2006, " a Chorley's spokeswoman said.
Mr. Goodman's bottom-feeding makeup artist could be an escapee from "Ed Wood, " or one of Wood's sleazy productions.
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Sally Taylor: You know, they always told me to follow my heart and I think that was sort of the main lesson that I took from them that has contributed to remaining an independent artist.
Last month, Elizabeth Durack, a well-regarded 81-year-old artist from Western Australia, was revealed to be the person who painted pictures supposedly by an aboriginal artist called Eddie Burrup that had been appearing in Australian galleries and competitions since 1994.
To enhance his skills, he has taken educational classes from accomplished teachers who have witnessed his progress as an artist.
Discharged from the Wehrmacht, he attempted to survive as an artist, painting erotic pin-ups that he peddled on the streets of Hamburg.
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Earlier testimony from Jackson's makeup artist, choreographer and an associate director described his failing health and mental condition in the last two weeks of his life.
An 86-year-old artist from Brighton is taking the police to the High Court to try to get records of his political activities removed from their database.
Every illegal download of a Maroon 5 song or an Angelina Jolie film takes money away from the artist, the studio, the producer and the distributor.
Submissions of interest will be considered by a panel of judges comprising an artist or curator, a representative from Velocity's partner organisations and representatives from the local community.
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Then one day in the 1930s, suffering from rheumatism, he picked up a pencil and became an artist.
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