The sale confirmed predictions that the painting’s unconventional backstory would only increase its value.
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Remember That Banksy That Self-Destructed? It’s Going Up for Auction
“Girl with a Balloon,” which started shredding as soon as it sold in 2018, could fetch more than $8 million.
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Banksy Scaled the Prison That Once Jailed Oscar Wilde to Paint His Latest Mural
Banksy confirmed the artwork in a clever video stitched together with a Bob Ross tutorial.
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“Aachoo!!”: Banksy’s Latest Coronavirus Commentary Appears in Bristol
After the mural appeared on the for-sale home, its owners swiftly took the house off the market to consider their next steps.
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Banksy Painting Sells for $10M, Surpassing Its High Estimate
Banksy’s “Show Me The Monet” (2005), a riff on Monet’s paintings of his Japanese bridge in Giverny, has achieved the second-highest price ever paid for a work by the street artist.
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Banksy Loses Trademark Case to Greeting Card Company
The European Union Intellectual Property Office ruled that the street artist, who remains anonymous, could not be identified as the unquestionable owner of his “Flower Thrower” stencil.
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EU Officials Ignored Calls for Help, Says Crew of Banksy’s Migrant Rescue Boat
In a video about the rescue boat, which exceeded capacity this weekend and declared a state of emergency, Banksy says that EU authorities “deliberately ignore distress calls from ‘non-Europeans.'”
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Banksy Purchased and Decorated a Migrant Rescue Boat
The artist’s bright pink motor yacht has already rescued 89 refugees in distress in the Mediterranean.
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Banksy Grafitti in London Underground Accidentally Removed by Cleaners
An employee of the London Tube noticed “some sort of ‘rat thing’” a few days ago and cleaned it off.
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Banksy’s Latest Is an Ode to Healthcare Workers in the UK
The framed painting is now hanging in the Southampton General Hospital. It will be auctioned this fall, with proceeds benefiting the National Health Service.
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How Is Banksy Spending Quarantine? By Turning His Bathroom Into a Work of Art
Stuck at home, Banksy has painted his bathroom with his signature cheeky rats, toppling products and ruining his toilet.
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Banksy Unveils a Political Interpretation of the Nativity Scene in Bethlehem
The work was unveiled this past weekend at the artist’s Walled Off Hotel, which overlooks Israel’s separation wall around Bethlehem.