--- title: "Grimes Is Auctioning Off a Fraction of Her Soul" description: "Claire “Grimes” Boucher, musician, avant-garde artist, and mother of Elon Musk’s latest child, has decided to sell a percentage of her soul for $10 million, Bloomberg reports. The bizarre sale is part of Grimes’ first upcoming online art exhibition titled “Selling Out.” “I didn’t want anyone to buy it, so I said we should just […]" date: "2020-05-29" modified: "2020-05-29" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/grimes-auctioning-off-soul" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "elon musk" - "grimes" - "the digest" --- # Grimes Is Auctioning Off a Fraction of Her Soul ![Claire "Grimes" Boucher, musician, avant-garde artist, and mother of Elon Musk's latest child, has decided to sell a percentage of her soul for $10 million.]() *\Image: Maccaron Gallery\* ## Selling Out Claire "Grimes" Boucher — acclaimed musician, avant-garde artist, and [mother of Elon Musk's latest child]() — has decided to auction off a percentage of her soul, [*Bloomberg* reports](). The bizarre sale, which will include a legal document specifying that the buyer owns part of Grimes' soul, will be part of the performer's upcoming online art exhibition, aptly-titled titled "Selling Out." "The deeper we got with it, the more philosophically interesting it became," Grimes said, referring to the process of drafting the contract with her lawyer. "The idea of fantastical art in the form of legal documents just seems very intriguing to me." https://www.instagram.com/p/CAvZHXRJnPV/ Prints of Grimes' recently unveiled digital avatar War Nymph, her "digital self" according to a February [interview](), with British magazine *The Face*, range from $5,000 to $15,000. ## Uploaded Consciousness The show will be debuted on [Gallery Platform Los Angeles]() starting today through June 3. Apart from planning to sell a fraction of her soul, Grimes also [discussed plans]() to upload her consciousness to live in a humanoid vessel so it can then take her to Mars. **READ MORE:** [Pop Star Grimes Is Selling a Piece of Her Soul]() \[*Bloomberg*\] **More on Grimes:** *[GRIMES WANTS TO SEND HER MIND TO MARS INSIDE A “HUMANOID VESSEL”]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()