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Couple May Need to Pay $250,000 to Have Banksy Mural Removed from Their Home
ARTnews ^ | May 25, 2023 | Daniel Cassady

Posted on 05/26/2023 1:24:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 05/26/2023 1:24:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I’d get a couple of spray cans of paint and take care of it one dark night.


2 posted on 05/26/2023 1:28:28 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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“Graffiti artists” should be shot on sight.

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3 posted on 05/26/2023 1:30:00 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: nickcarraway

Seriously. This house is owned by these folks but this no talent (my opinion) street artist slapped it onto the house they owned without permission,making them curators of this hideous work? My goodness. The British are crazier than the left in America.


4 posted on 05/26/2023 1:33:29 PM PDT by scottiemom (As a retired Texas public school teacher, I highly recommend private school. Written in 2015.)
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To: scottiemom

I don’t like his work, but I would gladly sell it to some fool for a small fortune.


5 posted on 05/26/2023 1:34:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Lurker

The problem with shooting a graffiti artist on sight is that the red-splattered graffiti is now more valuable than the original would have been. Go figure.


6 posted on 05/26/2023 1:36:21 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: nickcarraway

I would sue the artist


7 posted on 05/26/2023 1:38:19 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Ge0ffrey
I’d get a couple of spray cans of paint and take care of it one dark night.

A couple of cans of spray paint wouldn't cover that wall/image of around 400 sq. ft. by my eye. It would take a case of 12 at least. And the image would likely bleed through.

The people who own the property can buy a gallon of B-I-N or KILZ (covers about 400 sq. ft.) and roll it on.
No bleed through and it dries in 15 minutes. Bye bye Banksy.

8 posted on 05/26/2023 1:39:55 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should be less concerned with who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire.)
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To: Ge0ffrey

Yep. “Gee, I have no idea who might have done that. Damned hooligans.”

Also, note to author: There’s no need to put [sic] after each British spelling of a word.


9 posted on 05/26/2023 1:40:22 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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I don’t get the 22 tons and $250,000 to remove it.


10 posted on 05/26/2023 1:43:56 PM PDT by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

King’s English not from the colonies...


11 posted on 05/26/2023 1:45:43 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: Ge0ffrey

The art increases the value of the house by a lot.

I would buy 4 standard sheets of clear plastic (or plywood)

And cover it. Pretty sure I could do that for well under 1000 dollars


12 posted on 05/26/2023 1:45:55 PM PDT by algore
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To: nickcarraway

This makes no sense. Just get some black paint and cover it up. I say black because it will cover it better. Then later after the storm dies down, go back to whatever color you want.


13 posted on 05/26/2023 1:46:12 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: scottiemom

It’s even worse than that.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/developers-to-pay-new-york-graffiti-artists-7m-after-painting-over-their-work-ztl95chwm

Owner of building allows graffiti “artists” to paint on dilapidated building he owned. When we painted the building white to sell it the graffiti thugs sued and the developer had to pay them 7 million dollars.

Never let taggers on your property.


14 posted on 05/26/2023 1:47:20 PM PDT by sloanrb
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The rest of the wall is peeling paint and looks like crap. If anything the gull is an improvement. Now the owners are trying to hypse it up to get big bucks selling it at auction. Some idiot will buy it for big bucks too.


15 posted on 05/26/2023 1:48:17 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

He apparently doesn’t know what (sic) means


16 posted on 05/26/2023 1:49:23 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: nickcarraway

Or, here’s a thought, they could just ignore it and let Climate Change work its magic.


17 posted on 05/26/2023 1:49:28 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so.)
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To: nickcarraway

Another example of the Euro-nonsense the American colonists fled....they know who the perp is who graffitied the building...why has he not been arrested and prosecuted? Why has he not been ordered to restore the building or pay to have it done?


18 posted on 05/26/2023 1:57:17 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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Help me out because I’m dense. Why can’t the property owner just paint over it?


19 posted on 05/26/2023 2:01:52 PM PDT by vmpolesov
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Water cannons. I like water cannons.


20 posted on 05/26/2023 2:03:39 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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