Angry artist demands that her work be removed from Johnson’s official residence | Abroad

Emin told The Art Newspaper: “I find lying to people shameful. People have suffered so much from Covid. They’ve looked to the government for advice, and it turns out that the government told us to do one thing and didn’t do it ourselves. The Queen sat alone at her husband’s funeral. People had to say goodbye to their parents over their phone. It’s just so irresponsible and disrespectful. It is a shame.”

The work More Passion is an installation of neon letters depicting the title.

Johnson admitted in parliament last week that he attended a party in Downing Street’s garden in May 2020 while the country was in lockdown. He said he hadn’t realized it was a non-work meeting. However, his former right-hand man Dominic Cummings claims that Johnson did know that the meeting was against the rules.

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