Not that she needs the money - on the first day of the fair, she made R500 000. It's like a bogey on your finger. That's what makes her so brilliant. Back at Emin's Bed , a fair amount of wine consumption produced more art, of the performance variety, when two artists jumped onto the work at the Tate Gallery and proceeded to have a pillow fight. Their actions were themselves a piece of art entitled Two Naked Men Jump into Tracey's Bed .
Art vandalism has deep roots.
When Byzantium banned religious representations way back in the 8th century it unleashed an orgy of picture burning and statue smashing. But destroying someone else's art has always been problematic, especially when the person doing the destroying claims to be an artist. Pinoncelli urinated in it. All donations gratefully accepted. Another angle in the dialogue between drink and art is the pubs which serve as meeting places for the arterati.