On Friday, October 5th, 2018, after a street artist named “Banksy” sold his painting at the London auction, the piece of art fell through its frame in shreds. The strange occurrence left the London art collectors shocked throughout the evening after the auction event. The unbelievable prank arranged by the slyartist was unexpected
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with a shredder found in the frame of a Girl with Balloon painting. Towards the evening on that fateful Friday, the painted canvas slid through the shredder rendering the artwork useless. It happened immediately an alarm signaling the end of the day triggered off. The painting was sold for a whopping $1.4 million at Sotheby’s auction house that year.
Using a caption that stated the painting was already bought, as thus: “going, going, gone!” on his Instagram timeline, Banksy included a photo of the event at the auction house. Although, the image he posted had been previously tweeted by a guest at the auction. The guest revealed that as the frame started shredding the painting, an alarm sounded.
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The street artist has never publicized his identity, yet he is a popular and one of the notable artists around the world. His career started with the paintings of Bristol buildings in England. His work has been controversial, like the conflict of the Israel-Palestine and the anti-migrant criticism. Banksy is also known for his extravagant pranks.
Alex Branczik, Sotheby’s head of contemporary art and senior director, said: “It seems we have just been Banksy-ed. He is the best British street artist, and this evening, we have experienced a small plot of Banksy genius.” The Art Newspaper revealed that Branczik told the world all that immediately after the occurrence. He also added that he wasn’t aware of the trick Banksy played on them.
On one of the east London walls, the girl with a balloon was initially stenciled and repainted several times by Banksy. It illustrates a little girl trying to reach up to a red heart-shaped balloon. The piece of art has become one of the best images of Banksy’s collection. Now that the painting has been shredded to pieces, no one knows what will become of the famous artwork. Sotheby’s told the world that in the history of auction, this was the first of such a strange occurrence.
Branczik said they have never witnessed such a situation previously where a piece of artwork would unexpectedly shred itself after obtaining an achievement for the artist. They are still frantically trying to figure out the meaning of this absurd incident within the auction context.
Sotheby’s auction house told the media that they were currently discussing with the buyer concerning the next steps to take. However, art market watchers think the shredded painting could even worth more than the unscathed form.
Happy Choppers, another painting by Banksy, was sold during the New York version of Sotheby’s auction. The happy choppers‘ artwork was intact after the sale for $735,000 that same Friday.
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