How an Artist Named Mr. Doodle Became a Multimillion-Dollar Auction Sensation With a Bunch of Squiggles and ‘Like’-able Branding
Powered by towering sales results in Asia and millions of social followers, Mr. Doodle has quietly taken the auction market by storm.
March 1, 2021
Mr. Doodle at the launch of Sense of Space, a multi-room sensory art experience in Exchange Square in London in 2018. Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Broadgate.
Ask a close observer of the art market to name 2020’s biggest auction successes under 40, and the odds are good that they’ll nail one or both of the top two sellers: the late Matthew Wong ($24.7 million in total fine-art sales) and the fast-rising Amoako Boafo ($8.2 million).
The Government has now launched a consultation into the provision of loos after decades of service inequality.
Women have long complained that they have had fewer stalls than men, but the issue has been ignored. In the meantime the number of council-maintained public conveniences has fallen by 13 per cent over the last decade, with cash-strapped local authorities turning facilities into gender-neutral spaces to save money.
Campaigners say the result is an even greater reduction in options for women, longer queues and the embarrassment of having to walk past men at a urinal to get to their cubicle. Conservative MP Jackie Doyle-Price, co-chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on women’s health, said it was ‘astonishing’ that there was a fight to preserve women’s toilets in the 21st Century.
Brave passers-by could be key in saving victims of domestic and sexual abuse
Health chiefs believe new research suggests bystander interventions can help break the silence on intimate partner and sexual violence
Domestic abuse
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There is the opportunity for brass band players to widen their appreciation as well as musical knowledge of French horn playing for free this week.
Inspire
The internationally renowned Felix Klieser will be giving a free online masterclass as part of the University of West of England s Inspire series.
It has been organised by Steven G Legge, Senior Lecturer in Classical & Jazz Music Enrichment who told 4BR: Felix is a soloist who has travelled extensively including tours to Austria, Italy, Switzerland and South Africa.
He is an ambassador for the One-Hand Musical Instrument Trust OHMI and has recently released a recording of the four Mozart Horn Concertos to rave reviews.
Floor of Bath Abbey saved from collapse after dead bodies caused it to sink
Massive voids were discovered under the floor caused by church burials
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Bath Abbey floor saved from collapse (Image: Stephen Girling/Bath Abbey)
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