Artist Turns 6,000 Copies of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ into ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’
In 2017, a thrift store in Swansea, Wales, faced an avalanche of unwanted copies of Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code,” prompting a plea to stop the donations, attracting attention worldwide. Notably, British artist David Shrigley took note and embarked on a mission to gather as many copies as possible, accumulating 6,000 books over six…