Ms. Whiteread was also the subject of a rather bizarre instance of socioeconomic hacking done by The KLF.
In 1993, the artists formerly known as the KLF jammed pop culture's radar, not by releasing music but by commenting on the art world. First, a
series of newspaper adverts commanded the world to "Abandon All Art Now." Cauty and Drummond, thinly veiled as The
K-Foundation, announced that they would award a prize of £40,000 to the worst work of art that year. Winner
Rachel Whiteread (who had also won England's Turner Prize) refused the award, prompting a ceremony in which the
K-Foundation vowed to burn the prize money. Whiteread accepted the award just seconds before the bills were torched, and
donated the money to charity.