Artist donates almost £290k to fund a Council’s public art scheme

Graffiti artist STIK, who has sold a smaller model of his four-metre Holding Hands sculpture at auction for almost £290,000, is donating the money to the London Borough of Hackney to create a series of outdoor art works. STIK said the project is intended to "facilitate a new wave of public sculpture in East London, celebrating the diverse communities who live here.”