Also at the London Art Fair, insurers & sponsors Brownhill were running a competition to win a signed print by Basil Beattie, which asked the question "What was the insured value of the six porcelain 'cans' by Chinese artist Lei Xue (before they were damaged)"...Apparently the delicately hand-painted cans had been mistaken for litter by cleaners at a London gallery, "summarily binned" and then "retrieved the next day after a frantic search, a number of them cracked sadly beyond repair". It was great to see the actual pieces on display and a shame the prize was a measley Beattie print and not the cans themselves. (Image courtesy of AXA Art).
