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Cab Gallery collection. In 1999, Brown approached Stolper with the idea of exhibiting art in the spaces reserved for advertising in his traditional London Black Taxi, and Cab Gallery was launched in Hoxton Square on 24 September 1999. The first exterior was a text piece by Bob and Roberta Smith, "Taxy" in red and yellow vinyl. On the fold-up seats were two text pieces by Peter Liversidge, who became a regular contributor to the project and whose collected proposals were later published in book form. Also on display at the launch were "All the animals", an embroidered cushion by Abigail Cohen, "from