Again, all of Hearst

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Damien Hirst, one of the most wealthy and popular contemporary British artists, praised the box of pencils, which is part of the installation "Pharmacy" ( "Pharmacy"), half a million pounds. It was the sum Hurst assess damage from theft of pencils, which made a 17-year-old boy at the exhibition held in the Tate, said The Independent. The entire installation, according to Hirst, worth 10 million pounds.
The young man who committed the theft - an old acquaintance of Hurst. His name is Kartreyn (Cartrain), he deals with graffiti and collages. In November 2008, Hearst's lawyers have managed to get Kartreyn withdrew from the market through the internet gallery of collages, which used picture of a diamond skull "For the love of God," one of the most famous works of Hirst and the most expensive (it costs $ 100 million). Teenager sold his collages on 65 pounds apiece, and his obligation not only to remove them from the catalog, but also to give the money: otherwise he threatened to court.
In July 2009 Kartreyn had stolen a box of pencils from Faber Castell occupies an entire room in the Tate installation "Pharmacy". The next day he drew a parody of a poster with a photograph of pencils. In a photograph of the signature stated: "I demand the return of the works Damien Hirst and DACS [Design and Artists Copyright Society, Society for the Protection of copyright of artists and designers] in return for pencils safe and sound ... If Hearst until 31 July did not do it, then pencils are sharpened. He warned. "
A few weeks in the house was searched Kartreyna: it made the department to find works of art from Scotland Yard. The youth was arrested but later released him on bail.
Installation "Pharmacy", which was shown in the Tate as part of the exhibition Classified, belongs to the gallery since 1996.
(Lenta.ru)