Banksy Art Self-Destructs at Auction
A statement about art or an accident? That was the debate recently when the painting “Girl with a Balloon” by the famously anonymous English street artist called Banksy “self-destructed” during a Sotheby’s London sale. The painting of a girl reaching for a red balloon had just sold for $1.4 million. Minutes after the gavel came down on the sale, a whirring sound was heard as a shredder apparently built into the frame turned on. The canvas slid down and at least a part of it ended up in strips.
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