Singer puts his collection of Cosmic Carpark Paintings on sale at £900 each to help his music foundation

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He has dominated the past decade of UK music with his ability to craft earworm melodies that can become mass sing-alongs but Ed Sheeran has been swapping the recording booth for the artist’s studio.

The singer, who grew up in a household with two parents who worked in art, is teaming up with Heni, the company that represents Damien Hirst, to sell prints of his Jackson Pollock-esque paintings in order to raise money for his foundation.