EXAMPLES OF the “best of contemporary British art” have been presented to the Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
Tracey Emin, David Hockney, Anish Kapoor and Grayson Perry are some of the leading names who have contributed examples of their work to honour the monarch’s 60-year reign.
The Royal Academy of Arts presented the gifts to the Queen last month.
Hockney’s contribution is a colourful image of the Queen’s initials from her cypher EIIR created on an iPad, Emin submitted a monoprint portrait of the monarch titled HRH Royal Britannia, while Perry’s present was designs for his motorbike.
The gifts have been added to the Royal Collection and will go on display at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace next autumn.
Martin Clayton, senior curator of prints and drawings, at the Royal Collection Trust, said: “The Royal Academy’s Diamond Jubilee gift is a vivid cross-section of the best of contemporary British art.”
