EXHIBIT: DEFACED! MONEY, CONFLICT, PROTEST

 

The £10 banknote is a work by Boo Whorlow called Harry of England/Ten Megs, a reworking of Banksy's Di-Faced Tenner which featured Diana, Princess of Wales.

Artworks in which Harry and Meghan take the Queen's place on "defaced" £10 notes are to go on display in Cambridge.

The exhibition, entitled Defaced! Money, Conflict, Protest, will be on show at the Fitzwilliam Museum from October until January next year.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex appear in a 2019 work by Boo Whorlow called Harry of England/Ten Megs, a reworking of Banksy's Di-Faced Tenner which featured Diana, Princess of Wales.

In the work, Harry replaces the Queen while Meghan appears on the reverse with the message Trust No Press.

The museum said: "The exhibition presents a world history of protest from the last 250 years through currencies that have been mutilated as cries of anger, injustice, mockery or despair."

It is the first major exhibition to display money used as a public canvas for political and social rebellion throughout 250 years of history.

For the first time, it will showcase a new collection of defaced banknotes and coins which has been acquired for the museum by curator Dr Richard Kelleher.

 

A image from the Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition with a defaced £10 note featuring the Duchess of Sussex.

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Duke and Duchess of Sussex Harry and Meghan replace Queen on banknotes in new Cambridge exhibition (https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2022-08-15/harry-and-meghan-replace-the-queen-on-banknotes-in-new-exhibition)

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