![]() Today this piece is considered heir to a venerated legacy of anti-establishment art. Banksy implied that the artwork was intended to self-destruct completely, stating in rehearsals it worked every time. “During that memorable night, Banksy did not so much destroy an artwork by shredding it, but instead created one. A million-dollar piece of artwork by mysterious street artist Banksy was left in shreds before an aghast audience seconds after it was auctioned off for a record 1.4 million Friday. According to a now-deleted video Banksy posted on his Instagram after the event, the artwork did not shred how it was meant to. “When ‘Girl with Balloon’ ‘self-destructed’ in our saleroom, Banksy sparked a global sensation that has since become a cultural phenomenon,” Alex Branczik, Sotheby’s chairman of modern and contemporary art, said in a statement. The ever-elusive Banksy has released a new video detailing the now infamous shredding of his 'Girl With Balloon' painting which was auctioned off at Sothebys earlier this month. A half-shredded painting by street artist Banksy sold for a record 25.4 million through the Sotheby’s auction house on October 14th, 2021, the highest amount ever paid for one of the artist’s works. The piece had been on permanent loan to Germany’s Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Museum since March 2019, according to The Guardian. Dal judoka Putin messo al tappeto da un bambino, alla donna in maschera antigas, stencil tra. “Together with Leonardo’s ‘Salvator Mundi,’ it’s been the world’s most talked-about artwork of the last two or three years.” Banksy rivendica sette opere nellUcraina in guerra. “It’s such an infamous work,” Acoris Andipa, a London-based dealer who specializes in Banksy’s paintings and prints, told the Times. ![]() The new buyer has the option to pay in cryptocurrency. Sotheby’s would only say the buyer was a female collector from Europe and a longtime client of the auction house. A post shared by Banksy identity of the seller at Thursday’s auction was not revealed, CNN reported. Banksy has played what could be one of the most audacious stunts in art history, arranging for one of his best-known works to self-destruct after being sold at auction for just over £1m.
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