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Town erects plastic covering over Banksy’s latest mural

sudshr47 December 23, 2018

File this one under deeply ironic — yet sadly necessary.

On Wednesday, the elusive street artist Banksy claimed responsibility on Instagram for a new mural that appeared on the wall of a garage in the south Wales town of Port Talbot.

Then, days after the work appeared, the town erected a transparent plastic sheet wall to protect the latest work from the artist who made a name for himself by vandalizing public property.

The irony is difficult to ignore, but the town’s actions are wholly understandable.

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This Banksy-themed costume just hands down won Halloween

sudshr47 October 23, 2018

Nowadays, the top prize for a Halloween costume competition doesn’t necessarily go to the scariest creation. It often goes to the most inventive.

Or, in this case, the most inventively topical.

“My friend needed a list minute Halloween costume,” wrote Reddit user u/MrRicardo in Reddit’s r/pics sub. “I think I delivered!”

We think it’s fair to say they did indeed deliver:

65,000 upvotes on that creation and counting.

Banksy would surely be proud.

WATCH: Actually, Banksy meant to shred the whole painting. Now it’s likely worth much more.

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Actually, Banksy meant to shred the whole painting. Now it’s likely worth much more.

sudshr47 October 19, 2018

In a ‘Director’s half cut’ uploaded on YouTube, Banksy revealed the secret shredding mechanism he had installed inside the frame of a copy of “Girl With Balloon.”

It was supposed to shred the whole canvas, but seems to have gotten stuck. So what happened at the auction was the coincidental creation of a new work of art. Read more…

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Banksy’s self-shredding artwork gets a cheeky new name

sudshr47 October 12, 2018

Banksy’s self-shredding Girl with Balloon has left quite the mark on the art world.
Not only has the work become the subject of memes, but it’s been described as the artist’s greatest work, and its value has likely jumped sharply following the incide…

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Banksy’s shredded art stunt is a beautiful meme now

sudshr47 October 10, 2018

Banksy trolled the art world, and the internet is running with it.
The enigmatic street artist pulled off an incredible stunt last weekend, giving a giant metaphorical middle finger to the art world. As soon as his painting, “Girl With Balloon,” was …

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Banksy piece immediately shreds itself after being sold for $1.25M

sudshr47 October 6, 2018

In what might be the most ridiculous stunt ever pulled in the art world, a Banksy piece has, in a sense, self-destructed. Right in front of an audience of would-be buyers. A framed canvas version of Banksy’s Girl with Balloon was set to be auctioned at Sothebys in London. As the auction came to a […]

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Banksy artwork shreds itself right after selling at auction for $1.4 million

sudshr47 October 6, 2018

Which is more artful: The painted work, preserved forever on canvas; or the carefully orchestrated act of destroying said canvas?

Banksy implicitly asked that very question on Friday. An auction of the artist’s popular work, “Girl With Balloon,” ended with the shocking display of the the piece shredding itself immediately after the winning bid of 1.04 million pounds was cast.

It wasn’t an accident. The ornate frame containing “Girl With Balloon” apparently concealed a shredder. Once the auction ended — with a purchase price that was three times higher than expected — an alarm sounded and the secret shredder switched on. Read more…

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Banksy is back with 9 new fiery murals in Paris

sudshr47 June 29, 2018

A load of new Banksy murals have popped up in Paris, France, in the past week.

The works — which are Banksy’s first in the French capital — have been interpreted as “taking aim at Europe’s migrant crisis and capitalism.”

Banksy confirmed on his Instagram that he’s the artist behind the new works.

One of the murals — of a veiled figure who appears to be mourning — was discovered on a street behind Le Bataclan concert hall, where a terrorist attack killed 89 people on Nov. 13 2015.