Soltris writes in to let us know that:
When Radiohead released their 6th studio album, Hail to The Thief (Parlophone/EMI) in June 2003, the artwork featured on the album’s cover (originally created by Stanley Donwood) was re-created on a large panel (9.70m x 11m, oil and acrylics on canvas, by local visual artist Katerina Vagia) and suspended at the EMI offices in Athens, Greece.
Once taken down, the canvas was cut into 25 smaller panels, varying in size, which were sent to the members of the group to be autographed.
The auction will begin on December 18th and will run until January 18th 2005.
The website for the auction is here. I can’t read Greek very well, but it appears that some portion of the proceeds are going to benefit Medecins Sans Frontieres, which I shall assume is either part of or similiar to Doctors Without Borders, which is a great cause.
Happy bidding…
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