Chris Ofili
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 56 |
| Date of birth | October 10,1968 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Manchester |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Roba El-Essawy |
| Parents | Michael Ofili |
| May Ofili | |
| Job | Painter |
| Visual Artist | |
| Education | Xaverian College |
| Chelsea College of Arts | |
| Tameside College | |
| Royal College of Art | |
| Chelsea College of Art & Design | |
| Books | Chris Ofili |
| Afro Muses | |
| Upper Room | |
| The Blue Rider: Chris Ofili | |
| Chris Ofili: Freedom One Day | |
| Chris Ofili: Afrotranslinear | |
| Chris Ofili: the Blue Rider extended remix | |
| Fabulism: Carroll Dunham, Ellen Gallagher, Chris Ofili, Neo Rauch, Matthew Ritchie | |
| Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: An Under-Song For A Cipher | |
| Known for | Painting |
| Awards | Turner Prize |
| Works | The Holy Virgin Mary |
| Periods | Contemporary art |
| Young British Artists | |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 521686 |
Chris Ofili Life story
Christopher Ofili, CBE is a British painter who is best known for his paintings incorporating elephant dung. He was Turner Prize-winner and one of the Young British Artists. Since 2005, Ofili has been living and working in Trinidad and Tobago, where he currently resides in the city of Port of Spain.
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To sell British Airways art collection to raise cash
... Other works in the BA s collection to find works from Tracey Emin, Anish Kapoor and Chris Ofili...
George Michael's art collection unveiled at auction
... Other artists whose work is for sale include David Bailey, Mat Collishaw, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Sarah Lucas and Chris Ofili...
To sell British Airways art collection to raise cash
British Airways sold some of his multi-million-pound art collection to raise cash to help him through the Corona-Virus-pandemic.
The Collection includes art by Damien Hirst , Bridget Riley and Peter Doig , with a thesis were assumed, a value of More Than £1m.
It is understood that a minimum of 10 pieces have been identified For Sale , although exactly what is unclear.
BA has seen a collapse of air travel and cut thousands of jobs.
last week, BA chief Alex Cruz warned that the cash-strapped Airline 's survival was At Stake unless it was a drastic restructuring of the company.
London Evening Standard newspaper, said Auction House Sotheby's brought in to arrange the sales as soon as possible.
Other works in the BA's collection to find works from Tracey Emin , Anish Kapoor and Chris Ofili . The Airline would not comment on the sale, see what works go under The Hammer .
But The Most important piece is probably from Bridget Riley , and is worth, according to a source, "at least seven figures". It was in BA's possession for More Than 30 years, the value is increasing significantly since the purchase.
Like most airlines, BA Finance, has been made, the lockdown by the grounding of the aircraft by The Virus . The Airline proposes to 12,000 staff roles redundant, with More Than 1,000 pilots in danger.
BA said it was acting now to protect as many jobs possible and insisted no final decision has been made on The Number of jobs to go.
the plans for job cuts have triggered a bitter row with the trade unions, and BA was accused by some deputies of the use of the pandemic as a pretext for the restructuring of the Airline .
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Source of news: bbc.com
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