An auction house was forced to admit it got “Banksy-ed” after a piece by the mysterious artist shredded itself as it went under the hammer.
Meanwhile the piece itself lies half shredded and protruding from the base of the frame. On the face of it that’s ruined the painting as an artwork, but of course this is a Banksy. Normal rules seem not to apply, so the notoriety it has received will no doubt mean that its shredded...
“We have not experienced this situation in the past, where a painting is spontaneously shredded upon achieving a record for the artist.” Whether the final bid will stand remains for the time being undecided. Why not skip the middle man to prove what they already knew, and...
A Banksy painting sold at auction for $1.4 million - then automatically shredded itself auction n.拍卖 Anonymous British graffiti artist Banksy has pulled off another stunt that seized the attention of the art world - this time at the expense of his own work....
Despite Banksy’s anti-capitalist stance, he’s seen the most success at auction for all his artwork, including Banksy’s most famous artwork stunts, such as the shredded painting. As time goes on, Banksy’s artwork continues to increase in value at auctions worldwide....
A Banksy painting sold at auction for $1.4 million - then automatically shredded itself 班克斯名画以 140 万美元拍卖成交——然后自毁切碎 Anonymous British graffiti artist Banksy has pulled off another stunt that seized the attention of the art world - this time at the expense of his own work. ...
A Banksy painting sold at auction for 1.4 million US dollars automatically shredded after the hammer pounded.A.itB.themC.itselfD.himself 答案 C考查代词辨析。句意:班克斯的一幅在拍卖会上以140万美元的价格被拍出的画,在锤击打后自动粉碎了它自己。此处空格处代指这幅画本身,用it的反身代词itself,故...
something very surprising happened. The painting started to drop down in its frame and was shredded (切碎) by some blades hidden in the bottom of the frame. The painting started getting cut into pieces. And what is even more astonishing was that it was Banksy who destroyed the painting. ...
Just three years after shredded itself at a London auction, Banksy’s famous “self-destructing” painting may now be worth over $8 million.
We have no way of really knowing, though the famously anonymous artist did suggest that the shredder malfunctioned: The painting was supposed to be fully shredded, not partially destroyed. As an art historian, I view his act in a larger context – as the latest example of artists deploying...