Alexis Bamforth Gives Away £1 Million in London Exhibition
Alexis Bamforth is giving away £1 million at an exhibition in GREATOREX, East London, allowing each visitor to take home £1,000. This event is part of the Whitechapel Gallery Backyard Biennial and will continue until September 13, 2026. It references the KLF's notorious 1994 act of burning £1 million on Jura. Titled The Gift, this exhibition marks the first in Bamforth's Devices For The Yet To Come series, which documents four years of collaborative work involving 16 partners and 108 schools. A silent auction also features Bamforth's Priceless Begging Bowl, valued at £5,000.
Key facts
- Alexis Bamforth is giving away £1 million to visitors at GREATOREX in East London.
- Each visitor can take £1,000 from the installation.
- The exhibition is part of the Whitechapel Gallery Backyard Biennial.
- The exhibition runs through 13 September 2026.
- The project references the KLF's 1994 burning of £1 million on Jura.
- The Gift is the first of Bamforth's Devices For The Yet To Come series.
- The exhibition documents four years of development with 16 partners and 108 schools.
- A planned pilot for 40,000 schoolchildren is on hold after five unsuccessful Arts Council funding applications.
- A silent auction includes Bamforth's Priceless Begging Bowl, made from £5,000.
- PRO RADIX, founded by Bamforth and Suki Jobson, is the UK's first arts programme for adaptation in the 'polycrisis'.
Entities
Artists
- Alexis Bamforth
- Bill Drummond
- Jimmy Cauty
- Sigmar Polke
- Maurizio Cattelan
- Pak
- Suki Jobson
Institutions
- GREATOREX
- Whitechapel Gallery
- Arts Council
- PRO RADIX
- V&A
- KLF
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- East London
- Jura
- Scotland
- West Midlands
- Times Square
- New York City