You scanned the code. Here is the truth.

The embarrassing source

Behind this curtain is the original image. The one that was never meant to be seen in polite company.

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Once seen, this cannot be unseen. The artwork on the wall will never look quite the same again.

The committee accepts no responsibility for resulting disappointment.

Formerly: IMG_5621

What the committee made of it

Minor Incident XXI: After the Committee Retired: algorithmic abstraction artwork, Edition 1 of 1

Algorithmic abstract composition with theatrical provenance. Edition 1 of 1.

Wall label

Minor Incident XXI: After the Committee Retired

Medium: Anxiety, Pigment, and Hearsay
Dimensions: Large enough to require an explanation
Edition: 1 of 1
Accession: UA-1881-RF08 · 2026

Authenticated by the Director

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A short, self-important authentication, recorded for the solemn occasion of your scanning a QR code.

Provenance

Now you know. You cannot unknow it.

The source is the secret. The artwork is the cover story. The QR code on the print is the confession booth.

Indicative appraisal

£41,281.37

Scarcity is total: there is one, and frankly that may be one too many.

Indicative only. The Institute is not regulated, qualified, or sorry.

The Critic's Desk

Nigel has opinions about this one.

A bespoke, unrequested critique, composed for this exact work, delivered with the gravity it does not deserve.

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Before / After

Drag between dignity and truth.

An interactive reveal: slide from the finished masterpiece to the ordinary photograph it was made from. Highly shareable, mildly devastating.

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