Art Industry News is normally a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. The rapper, who performed as statistics about knife crime flickered on screens overhead, had a particularly high-art costume: a stab-proof vest designed by none other than Banksy. On Instagram, Banksy posted an image of Stormzy in the vest with the caption: “I made a customized stab-proof vest and thought—who could possibly wear this? The British Museum received the largest amount of funding, with £12.5 ($15.8 million) to address fire safety and security. In 2018, he teamed up with London’s British Museum to launch a pop-up shop in Shanghai’s LCM Mall, which attracted 90,000 visitors in one month—more than any other retail outlet.

Source: Ethiopian News July 01, 2019 13:30 UTC