Banksy

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  • Krassy14

    $1.3M Banksy Artwork “Self-Destructs” at Auction

    https://hyperallergic.com/464419…

    • lolKrassy
    • bahaha! seriously?chukkaphob
    • Lol this I can get behind.pango
    • amazing hahaprophetone
    • Banksy is cool againgarbage
    • The art market loves to be slapped around.sarahfailin
    • What isn't art?utopian
    • ironically it will increase its valuespl33nidoru
    • nice oned_gitale
    • Who picked that frame??formed
    • yup, it's probably doubled in value nowGnash
    • The buyer now owns a piece of the history of modern art. It could worth 10 times its original value. Nice job !gonzalle
    • no way!notype
    • so Banksy or someone was there to press the button on the remote control to get it working.shapesalad
    • Or they were. You know. Remote.monospaced
    • who owns the artwork now? is sotheby's still the owner as no money has flown yet? they will want to keep it and action it for more $uan
    • *Banksy provided the frame. Probably demanded to display as it is.pango
    • https://twitter.com/…notype
    • when was banksy ever not cool?Milan
    • excellent!renderedred
    • Milan. When his work is showing in the art gallery and auction house.pango
    • Art becomes performance art. Anyway.. just a bit of paper at the end of the day. Seen plenty of paper before, myself, have I.shapesalad
    • lol @ the twitter videoutopian
    • Super cute.shellie
    • pango, he doesn't put his work in galleries or auction houses. people steal it and put it there.Milan
    • This one seems deliberately given to the auction house tho... He was also accused of stealing other people's work in the early days. If he is one person.pango
    • of course, it's a deliberate middle finger stunt to galleries and auctionsMilan
    • ^ increasing his own value in the processspl33nidoru
    • He's probably the guy from Massive Attack. Also he became uncool when his celebrity outstripped his message and started selling books at Urban Outfitters.garbage
    • lol @artmaquito
    • i saw him once, but i can not remember...api

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