Study 162: King Charles III Portrait: The Red King’s Material Wager

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Jonathan Yeo’s oil study of Charles III has hung in the Silk Tapestry Room at Buckingham Palace since July 2026: one of Britain’s most contested recent royal commissions and, within hours of its 2024 unveiling, one of its most memed. OAC reads the work as a sovereign object, analyzing whether the Custodian’s Contract can hold when the image has already escaped into viral circulation.

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