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Banksy

Banksy (Born 1974) is active/lives in New York, California / England, United Kingdom.  Banksy is known for Graffiti art with political themes.

"Banksy Painting Self-Destructs After Fetching $1.4 Million at Sotheby’s," By Scott Reyburn, Oct. 6, 2018, The New York Times, Art & Design section
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LONDON — The British street artist Banksy pulled off one of his most spectacular pranks on Friday night, when one of his trademark paintings appeared to self-destruct at Sotheby’s in London after selling for $1.4 million at auction.

The work, Girl With Balloon, a 2006 spray paint on canvas, was the last lot of Sotheby’s “Frieze Week” evening contemporary art sale. After competition between two telephone bidders, it was hammered down by the auctioneer Oliver Barker for 1 million pounds, more than three times the estimate and a new auction high for a work solely by the artist, according to Sotheby’s.

“Then we heard an alarm go off,” Morgan Long, the head of art investment at the London-based advisory firm Fine Art Group, who was sitting in the front row of the room, said in   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 18215 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 1651 auction lots for Banksy (of which 1104 auction records sold and 3 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 2 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Banksy as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Banksy in 0 of its research Essays. Banksy has 13 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Banksy available:    Mr Brainwash,  Shepard (Sheppard) Fairey,  KAWS,  Carlos Cruz-Diez,  Jeff Koons,  Damien Hirst,  Keith Haring,  Crash,  Yayoi Kusama,  Jean-Michel Basquiat,  Georg Kern Baselitz,  Gerhard Richter,  Marc Quinn,  Raymond (St Pettibone) Pettibon,  Robert Longo,  Wifredo Oscar de la Concepcion Lam,  Sol LeWitt,  Jesus Rafael Soto,  David Hockney,  Takashi Murakami,  Faile,  Hans Hartung,  Allen Jones,  Syed Haider Raza



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Love is in the Bin , 2018

Banksy

Lot 7
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Sales Price:   (+210% over est.)

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Game Changer , 2020

Banksy

Lot 6
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Sales Price:   (+379% over est.)

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Sunflowers from Petrol Station , 2005

Banksy

Lot 17A
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Love is in the Air , 2005

Banksy

Lot 104
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Sales Price:   (+158% over est.)

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DEVOLVED PARLIAMENT , 2009

Banksy

Lot 28
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Sales Price:   (+394% over est.)

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SHOW ME THE MONET , 2005

Banksy

Lot 106
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Sales Price:   (+51% over est.)



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