The House’s economics became even more contentious when Whiteread won the £20,000 Turner Prize for the work (the first woman to receive the honour), and then £4

The House’s economics became even more contentious when Whiteread won the £20,000 Turner Prize for the work (the first woman to receive the honour), and then £40,000 from the rebel K Foundation (composed of members of the defunct pop group KLF) for the ‘worst artist of the year. I remember that! The KLF wanted to make a point about money in art or something so pledged to double the Turner Prize money to whomever wanted it as long as the artist admitted they were terrible. They paid for advertising slots during the award ceremony on British tv. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation Whiteread initially refused to accept the K Foundation prize, but after being told that the money would be incinerated, she reluctantly accepted, with the intention of donating £30,000 to artists in financial need and the other £10,000 to the housing charity, Shelter. It was around that era that the KLF/K Foundation burnt £1 million as a statement/art performance