“We’ve been Banksy-ed,” Alex Branczik, Sotheby’s head of European Contemporary art said in a press conference after the incident. “I’ll be quite honest, we have not experienced this situation in the past, where a painting is spontaneously shredded upon achieving a record for the artist.”
Now that… that’s fuckin’ art right there.
I love the rest of the article entirely missing the point of Banksy doing that being a surprise.
They actually go on, in that Reuters article, to say it isn’t Del Naja, but instead David Jones. The Del Naja bit is kind of a red herring. David Jones, formerly Robin Gunningham, as long suspected. The Wikipedia page has already been updated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy
There was an experiment where someone set up a high class shoe store in a nice location. They took cheap shoes from discount stores and marked them way up and put them on some nice display racks. People bought them.
Could be such a simple thing as getting rid if an overflow for tax reasons, but I’m not well versed in USA taxes except it’s horrible so don’t take it as fact.
Art is money laundering for the rich.
It all make sense now, doesn’t it?
Throw back to Banksy setting a trap in 2006, and springing it 12 years later:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-14-million-bansky-painting-shred-itself-soon-it-sold-180970486/
Now that… that’s fuckin’ art right there.
I love the rest of the article entirely missing the point of Banksy doing that being a surprise.
There, you idiots, frame that image.
They keep referring to Banksy as “he.” We don’t know if Banksy is male or female though, correct?
As far as I know that’s correct, nobody knows who Bansky actually is.… Is what I was going to say.
What astoundingly serendipitous timing.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-art-banksy/
TL:DR
First posted on the 13th, picked up by other media roughly 6 hours ago, Reuters released a special investigative report, and they believe Bansky is:
... are you sure? ...
Robert Del Naja, the frontman of Massive Attack.
Small correction:
Spoiler
They actually go on, in that Reuters article, to say it isn’t Del Naja, but instead David Jones. The Del Naja bit is kind of a red herring. David Jones, formerly Robin Gunningham, as long suspected. The Wikipedia page has already been updated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy
I’m going to go with ‘Aha! I did an intentional misdirect!’
… yep. Mhm.
(cough)
derp
The article was fun to read, so I fully accept that explanation! ;P
And Love Is In The Bin became more valuable than Girl With Balloon at a subsequent auction, too, by a factor of 18x.
This fake art for sure, and so much that people start to think monetary value is what is important in art.
There was an experiment where someone set up a high class shoe store in a nice location. They took cheap shoes from discount stores and marked them way up and put them on some nice display racks. People bought them.
Expensive = good…to some people.
Genius! When they come back to complain about the craftsmanship or return them, the place will have never existed.
Checkmate, bourgeoise. XD
So how is he laundering money now with it?
Follow the money.
Logan Paul owed somebody $635,000. He paid them.
Could be such a simple thing as getting rid if an overflow for tax reasons, but I’m not well versed in USA taxes except it’s horrible so don’t take it as fact.