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Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has loaned a Damien Hirst painting to a gallery in his home city of Sheffield, to show his support after its funding was slashed.

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Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has loaned a Damien Hirst painting to a gallery in his home city of Sheffield, to show his support after its funding was slashed.

The Damien Hirst 'spin' painting will hang in the Graves Gallery for three years, and has been hung in the main Graves Art Gallery which, as part of the Museums Sheffield group, has lost regular Arts Council England funding. The group is cutting 45 out of 107 jobs after losing £1.4 million a year. The budgets for the Arts Council and local authorities have themselves been cut by central government. Arts Council England said it 'recognises and values the important work of Museums Sheffield' but that it had to make 'difficult choices' between applications from the region.

The Britpop singer wanted 'to express his support by lending us the painting he'd been given,' the gallery said. Titled 'Beautiful Morana Dysgeusia Painting for Jarvis (with Diamonds)', the spin painting was created last year and is covered in synthetic diamonds. Museum Sheffield's communications manager Eric Hildrew stated that 'Our efforts to make sure Sheffield gets a fair share of national funding continue...

In the meantime, we think it's great that fans of the city are taking an interest - thanks Jarvis.' Jarvis Cocker's band 'Pulp' are due to play a homecoming reunion show in Sheffield this December.

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