IanMcL wrote:Brilliant by a street artist seeing his work entering the mainstream, against his will.

Rowls wrote:Ha!

He's the shy and retiring "street artist" who hired himself an agent and publicist.

Imploding Turtle wrote:What's his real name?

Imploding Turtle wrote:What's his real name?

Imploding Turtle wrote:What's his real name?

NRC wrote:so many questions here
- was it the original or a copy?
- if a copy is that fraud?
- was the auction house in on it?
- was the buyer in on it?
- if genuine, I assume that as title hadn't transferred then the buyer doesn't lose out, but does Banksy pay the commission to the auction House?
- does anyone actually know how the set-up worked?

Rowls wrote:I believe it's well known in the art world though I have never cared to find out.

No doubt if you google it, there are plenty of fake stories deliberately put about to obfuscate the information.

But I'm very confident it's a well known secret in the world of art.

NRC wrote:so many questions here
- was it the original or a copy? - original piece ( he can do as many as he wants so all original - and that’s part of the joke )
- if a copy is that fraud? N/A
- was the auction house in on it? Doubtful but not impossible.. I’d like to hope not or it defeats the object somewhat
- was the buyer in on it? I’m pretty sure the artist had it bid upnto the headline making Million it sold for
- if genuine, I assume that as title hadn't transferred then the buyer doesn't lose out, but does Banksy pay the commission to the auction House? See first point
- does anyone actually know how the set-up worked?all will probably be revealed over the coming days

Imploding Turtle wrote:So, you don't know.

Loyalclaret wrote:Sotheby’s auction house going since 1774 and people think they’ll be involved in a prank

Rowls wrote:We won't know for sure unless they own up.

But an art dealership, who go to extreme lengths to ensure authenticity (xray artwork, etc) who didn't notice an electrical shredder was inside the frame for the artwork?

I smell collusion here.

hawxi wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 06, 2018 1:05 pm

Absolute top class. A stroke of genius from an artist that will go down in history as time goes on..

He already is in many art circles - but remains an upstart in the eyes of many of the old school art establishments - with no recognised museum shows to date, other than ones he has organised himself.

He set the scene on this perfectly,has his most iconic image hanging in the auction room for over a week for viewing, highest profile auction at the week long start of Freize Art London, last lot of the auction, gets the piece bid up to a million pounds, had a dedication noted on the back of the piece that ads further to the 'joke' and pulls off the shredding to perfection..

Add this to the below list of thought provoking and subversive 'art' acts.. gotta love the guy!

Just a handful of the things he has done over the years

https://gizmodo.com/banksy-sold-225-000 ... 1444833251" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX54DIpacNE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3201344.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW-rt3jyZU8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44140200" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-mid ... -bethlehem" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesig ... youth-club" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismaland" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2NG-MgHqEk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesig ... or-tribute" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;