Artist sells garbage collected outside Taylor Swift's wedding
Artist Justin Gignac sold cubes of trash collected outside Madison Square Garden on the day of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding. The project, titled 'Pocket Garbage,' sold out quickly after gaining viral attention on TikTok.
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Artist sells garbage collected outside Taylor Swift's wedding Close Justin Gignac, an artist in New York City, collected garbage outside Madison Square Garden on the day of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding. The "Pocket Garbage" collection sold out online after he posted a video of it on TikTok. The cubes of trash were priced at $25 (£18) and $100 (£74).
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