Article 2B864 Man sells his tattooed skin to art collector who will flay him when he dies

Man sells his tattooed skin to art collector who will flay him when he dies

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Cory Doctorow
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Belgian artist Wim Delvoye attained fame and controversy by tattooing fine-art pieces on pigs; when retired tattoo parlor manager Tim Steiner volunteered his skin for a Delvoye piece, the result was purchased by a German art collector called Rik Reinking for a130,000 (Steiner got a third of that). Steiner has agreed to be flayed after his death, with his skin stretched, cured and framed for Reinking's collection. (more")

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