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Emin says a permanent relocation to her home in Provence, France, where she is having a studio built, would be in protest of Britain's new 50 percent tax rate, which will be imposed next April on those earning more than £150,000 ($239,000) a year. Emin — whose best-known works include Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995, a tent into which she stitched her bedfellows' names, and the installation My Bed, which consisted of her own unmade bed — also says she’s unhappy that the British government doesn’t appreciate the importance of the arts. “At least in France their politicians have always understood the importance of culture, and they have traditionally helped out artists with subsidy and some tax advantages," she told the Sunday Times.

Emin says she has already discussed the possibility of a permanent move to Provence with her staff, although she admits to being worried about having to spend a lot of time away from England.

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