Photography Roe Ethridge, fashion Robbie SpencerMusicNewsMusic / NewsGrimes is selling ‘a fraction of her soul’ as a conceptual art pieceA contract of ownership will be sold for the ‘best offer’ShareLink copied ✔️May 28, 2020May 28, 2020TextThom Waite Grimes, already known for designing her own album art and merch, is debuting her first fine art show May 28, and – in news that would be surprising, if Grimes hadn’t surprised us so many times that we’re used to it by now – a “fraction of her soul” will be made up for grabs. The musician – otherwise known as Claire Boucher, c, or the mother to X Æ A-Xii – will debut the show online, with Gallery Platform Los Angeles and Maccarone Los Angeles. The show will also include notebook drawings and anime-inspired digital prints that fans will recognise, some featuring her digital avatar, WarNymph. The portion of her soul, titled Selling Out (also the title of the show), will feature as a contract, which outlines the buyer’s terms of ownership and “satirizes expectations of authenticity”, according to a statement from Maccarone. “I didn’t want anyone to buy it, so I said we should just make it $10 million and then it probably won’t sell,” Grimes tells Bloomberg, talking about the artwork. But the economic implications of coronavirus made her question the decision. “With the current state of the world, do you want to put something up for $10 million?” she adds. Now, Selling Out will instead be auctioned off to whoever makes the “best offer”. View the virtual show via Gallery Platform Los Angeles May 28 to June 3, or Maccarone Los Angeles May 28 to August 31. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE7 of Chase Infiniti’s favourite K-pop tracksMeet The Deep, K-pop’s antihero Jean Paul GaultierJean Paul Gaultier’s iconic Le Male is the gift that keeps on giving‘This is our Nirvana!’: Are Geese Gen Z’s first great rock band?10 of Yung Lean’s best collabs‘We’re like brother and sister’: Yung Lean and Charli xcx in conversationIs art finally getting challenging again?The only tracks you need to hear from November 2025Inside the world of Amore, Spain’s latest rising starLella Fadda is blazing a trail in the Egyptian music sceneThe rise of Sweden’s post-pop undergroundNeda is the singer-songwriter blending Farsi classics with Lily Allen