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Ed Sheeran to Showcase Abstract 'Cosmic Carpark' Paintings for Charity in London

The Heni Gallery exhibition runs July 11–August 1 with 50 percent of sales funding his foundation’s music education programs.

Ed Sheeran (C) y Renee Rabb.
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Overview

  • The Cosmic Carpark Paintings are abstract drip works inspired by Jackson Pollock and executed with household paints in a Soho parking lot.
  • The exhibit at central London’s Heni Gallery features original canvases and limited-edition prints for public sale.
  • Prints are priced at approximately £900 each, according to The Guardian’s report.
  • Fifty percent of net proceeds will be donated to the Ed Sheeran Foundation to support music education in schools.
  • Sheeran began creating these paintings during breaks from his 2019 Divide tour and used one early work as the cover for his 2020 single “Afterglow.”