Banksy shocks art world by shredding £1 mn work at auction

Agence France Presse ^ | 10/6/2018 | Joe Jackson

[simpson96]

[simpson96]

[fluffy]

something something money brains

[PGR88]

So is Banksy identified now?

[Trump.Deplorable]

Now it should be worth more

[exDemMom]

I don’t see how that piece was worth a million pounds. I know artists who draw much better and who do not get millions of dollars for their art.

I wonder... was this a staged event, designed to bring fame/notoriety to the artist?

[dayglored]

Probably just doubled the value of the artwork.

[bigbob]

It’s worth $29 at IKEA.

[piasa]

FINEly shredded ART

[SMGFan]

performance art

[Robert DeLong]

Or the stupidity of art collectors and what they now consider as art?

[Calvin Locke]

I think I saw that girl on my salt container.

[fhayek]

Been done. Watch The Magic Christian with Ringo Starr and Peters Sellers (and John Cleese).

[Moonman62]

I’ll give him credit.

He knows that most of the high end art market is a scam.

[Trump_the_Evil_Left]

Well it is definitely a kind of publicity stunt by “Banksy” — the question is whether Sotheby’s was in on it. I’d think they would do a thorough examination of any pieces presented for auction, but since it was not an “old master” maybe they did not think to examine the frame with an x-ray device.

[ShadowAce]

So--he waited until after it was sold to shred it.

He destroyed someone else's property. He ought to be sued.

[Big Red Badger]

Yes ,it’s Done.

[Calvin Locke]

He ought to be sued.

Well, if the sale ends up being voided, I'm sure the people missing out on the commission certainly will.

[BenLurkin]

The auction house was in a this from start. Had to have been.