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The painting is an adaptation of Banksy's 2002 mural Girl with Balloon, rare as a unique work rather than a print. It was given by Banksy to a friend shortly after the "Barely Legal" exhibition in 2006. [5] Banksy has said he prepared the self-destruct mechanism at this time in case the work was ever put up for auction. [6]
Immediately after the auction ended, a mechanism hidden in the frame was triggered by remote control and partially shredded the piece. [68] Banksy later explained that he had built the shredder into the painting several years before it went up for auction, [69] and named the new artwork created by the shredding Love is in the Bin.
Only the lower half shredded. Banksy released an image of the shredding on Instagram with the words "Going, going gone..". [26] Sotheby's said, "We have not experienced this situation in the past where a painting spontaneously shredded", [24] leading some market watchers to speculate the remains of the painting will be worth even more. [27]
The gallery version of Banksy's Girl With Balloon suddenly shredded itself after selling for £1 million at Sotheby's. 'You've been Banksy'ed': Painting suddenly shreds itself after selling for £ ...
A bidder has just offered £1.04 million for the Girl with Balloon piece
Back then, Banksy still existed mostly in the world of street art and tabloid speculation about his identity. His work peppered the walls of east London and he showed at the gaudy Lazarides ...
The bottom half of the canvas of "Girl With Balloon,” arguably Banksy’s best known work, shredded itself after its original 2018 sale. Banksy's self-destructing painting sells for over $25 ...
Spy Booth was a 2014 artwork by Banksy in Cheltenham, England. [1] The piece has been seen as a critique of the global surveillance disclosures of 2013. [2]In 2014, Robin Barton and Bankrobber London helped with the preservation of the artwork, [3] and attempted to broker the removal and sale of the piece.