The secretive street artist posted a video to his website on last night (October 17) which shows the prank unfold at a Sotheby's sale on October 5, the Mirror reports. LONDON Banksy stunned the art world once again, shredding one of his most well-known pieces during a Sotheby’s auction. GIRL WITH BALLOON PAINTING Banksys Vandalised Oil artwork from singer Robbie Williamss collection fetches 5.9 mn at London auction Banksys shredded. The renowned street artist Banksy has released a video suggesting that the shredding of Balloon Girl didnt go as. The illusive artist has now revealed the stunt didn't go to plan - because the entire painting was supposed to be shredded. Banksy shreds Girl with Balloon art piece at Sothebys auction in London. Banksy has posted a video to his website in which he implies the shredding of his million-pound artwork Girl with Balloon at a Sotheby’s auction in London was supposed to have been complete. Banksy says Balloon Girl stunt went wrong. During Sotheby's Contemporary Art Sale on 5th October the Banksy artwork 'Girl with Balloon' shredded through. The artist has even been forced to deny the Sotherby's stunt was an inside job. In the video, entitled Shred the Love, the Directors Cut, Banksy reveals that in rehearsals the. Banksy releases video showing plans to shred whole painting sold at art gallery. Rumours have been rife since the surprising trick, including over whether Banksy was there. His artwork Love Is In The Bin was sold in London by auction house Sothebys, which said the fee was a record for the. Dad sentenced for 101mph M5 dash with wife in labour - despite public outcry A partially shredded Banksy painting has sold for £18,582,000 at auction.5, 2018, people watch as the spray-painted canvas 'Girl with Balloon' by artist Banksy is shredded at Sothebys, in London.
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The framed work, spray paint and acrylic on canvas, mounted on board depicted a girl. Girl With Balloon, one of Banksys most recognised works, stunned the crowd at Sothebys in London when it appeared to self-destruct moments after the auction. FILE - In this file image taken from video on Friday, Oct. Image Courtesy of Casterline Goodman Gallery. Banksys Girl with Red Balloon mysteriously shreds following its sale at Sothebys London.
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Banksy’s Girl with a Balloon appeared to shred itself after selling for 1.4 million at Sotheby’s on Friday. The woman who made the purchase has since said she will still pay the £1.06million, which is not surprising considering the stunt is expected to have made the piece even more valuable - with its worth possibly even doubling. The work sold for £1,042,000 (1.4 million), tying the artist’s record in pounds at auction previously achieved in 2008. Still from Banksys Instagram video showing how his art-shredding device works.
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In a nearly three-minute video posted to the site yesterday, the mischievous street artist shows. Shortly after, he released a cheeky video revealing how he did the trick – which left half of the painting hanging out of the frame in pieces. Just as the buzz around his now-infamous stunt at Sotheby’s on October 5 was beginning to die down, Banksy has taken to YouTube to suggest that he had intended for Girl with Balloon to be shredded completely. Sotheby’s said the buyer, identified only as “a female European collector and a long-standing client” of the auction house, decided to continue with the purchase at the original price.Īfter the auction the artist posted a video showing how he secretly built a shredder into the outsized gilt frame of the picture.A new video suggests the shredding of a £1million Banksy painting didn't quite go to plan.īanksy destroyed his Girl With A Balloon artwork just minutes after it sold for an eye-watering £1million at Sotheby's auction house. 5, seconds after the hammer fell marking the winning bid of $1.37 million, part of the 2006 canvas passed through a hidden shredder to the crowd’s dismay. ” stated text in the new video titled “Shredding the Girl and Balloon - The Director’s cut.” The mystery surrounding the partial shredding of “Balloon Girl” during a Sotheby’s auction in London grew with the anonymous artist posting new footage showing a “rehearsal” of the stunt ending with the artwork completely sliced up.
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LONDON-The shredding stunt pulled by Banksy during a London auction was incomplete, the artist has implied in a new video posted on his website Wednesday.