Fancy owning a work by Peter Blake, Steve McQueen or Anish Kapoor for just £55? The Royal College of Art’s annual fundraiser, RCA Secret, opens today (8 April) with more than 2000 postcards made by famous artists, RCA alumni and current students. But the twist is that buyers only find out who made the work after they have purchased it. Other big name contributors this year include Grayson Perry, Alison Wilding, Lawrence Weiner, Maggi Hambling, Thomas Heatherwick and pop star Damon Albarn.
But do not despair if you don’t hit the Jeremy Deller, Joseph Kosuth or James Dyson jackpot. Many of today’s young art world stars—such as Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Oscar Murillo and George Shaw—contributed while still students at the RCA. So don’t post away that postcard.
