Art History Futures: the £100k kid
November 13 2011
Twelve pictures by nine year old Kieron Williamson (above) have sold for over £100,000 within ten minutes of his latest exhibition opening. Kieron, who lives in Norfolk and sounds rather like a young Tom Gainsborough, said:
I think these are my best paintings yet.
I don't know whether his work is a sound investment (yet), but it's nice to see people getting excited about a young artist who can actually paint. You can see more of his work, which is genuinely good, here.
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