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Post by adman on Oct 18, 2018 17:40:45 GMT
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Post by adman on Oct 7, 2018 19:16:36 GMT
A Banksy painting has “self-destructed” on the auction podium at Sotheby’s in London after being sold for over £1m, in one of the most audacious art pranks thought to have been carried out by the street artist. With an estimate at £200,000-£300,000, “Girl With Balloon” was subject to brisk bidding at the Contemporary Art Evening Sale on Friday night until the hammer went down on the winning bid of £860,000, given by telephone, at around 9pm. With buyer’s premium, the sale came to £1,042,000. Shortly after sale concluded, however, the canvas was shredded by a mechanism apparently hidden within the base of the frame, with most of the work emerging from the bottom in strips. “We’ve just been Banksy’ed,” said Alex Branczik, senior director at Sotheby’s, speaking after the incident. “We have not experienced this situation in the past . . . where a painting spontaneously shredded, upon achieving a [near-]record for the artist. We are busily figuring out what this means in an auction context,” he said. The last lot of the evening, Sotheby’s described the work ahead of the sale as “authenticated by Pest Control”, the handling services organisation that acts on Banksy’s behalf. It was signed and dedicated on the reverse and had been acquired by the vendor directly from the artist in 2006, the auction house said. Depicting a girl losing or letting go of a red, heart-shaped balloon, a common subject for the activist and street artist, the spray-painted canvas was contained in the artist’s frame, which staff surmised contained a remotely activated shredding mechanism. It was not clear whether the artist had attended the auction in person to deliver the coup de grâce to his work. Where a work suffers damage while in the care of an auction house, it would not normally expect any buyer to honour the purchase and may cancel a sale. However, there was speculation after the Banksy sale as to whether the shredded painting would have risen in value, given its status as the subject of one of the greatest pranks to have been played on the art market. Sotheby’s said in a statement: “We have talked with the successful purchaser who was surprised by the story. We are in discussion about next steps.” www.ft.com/content/1c748f2e-c8ea-11e8-ba8f-ee390057b8c9I thought it was normal practice to remove any artwork from it's frame prior to auction – condition reports etc? Certainly been the case with anything I've ever sold. Odd. Anyway, an intriguing update on Morons?
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Post by adman on Oct 7, 2018 18:47:32 GMT
I want to see how they are now going to frame the whole thing I guess it could be argued that it is now worth more? A unique intervention / spectacle / event, blah, blah, whatever... who nose, not me!
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Post by adman on Sept 13, 2018 11:48:41 GMT
Thanks for the link – I figured it would be something like that...
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Post by adman on Sept 13, 2018 8:22:18 GMT
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Post by adman on Sept 13, 2018 8:15:47 GMT
Enjoy! Hope I'll be able to buy me a copy soon too. As far as I know this flag is forbidden in Germany and you get trouble if you have it with you at a demonstration. Would be interesting to see what happens with somebody reading that magazine at a demonstration Why is the flag forbidden in Germany?
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Post by adman on Sept 6, 2018 15:35:30 GMT
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Post by adman on Sept 6, 2018 15:29:58 GMT
Like a young and more musical Nick Nolte. Lovely. x Priceless!
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Post by adman on Sept 6, 2018 15:26:41 GMT
I can’t quite decide if this is fucking amazing or terrible I think it depends on your proximity to alcoholic beverages
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Post by adman on Jul 27, 2018 19:17:26 GMT
Yeeaahhhhh...
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Post by adman on Jul 27, 2018 19:15:02 GMT
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Post by adman on Jul 27, 2018 19:12:06 GMT
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Post by adman on Jul 27, 2018 19:06:31 GMT
Viet Cong suspect questioned Good grief – what an image.
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Post by adman on Jul 19, 2018 20:08:03 GMT
Wasn't aware of that shitty behavior too. Sad to hear that such a great artist is acting like that! "Great", really? Regardless of his recent hoo ha – I wouldn't put him in that bracket.
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Post by adman on Jun 29, 2018 18:41:43 GMT
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Post by adman on Jun 29, 2018 18:28:08 GMT
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Post by adman on Jun 29, 2018 18:25:20 GMT
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Post by adman on Jun 29, 2018 18:24:05 GMT
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Post by adman on Jun 21, 2018 7:29:03 GMT
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Post by adman on Jun 10, 2018 11:09:48 GMT
Hey Fed, If you like Silver Apples – you may want to have a rummage around in Stereolab's back catalogue? Maybe try to dig out Emperor Tomato Ketchup (the album), which for some reason doesn't appear to be exist on the interweb in the UK...
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Post by adman on May 25, 2018 18:22:24 GMT
I dont have but do like these.... Guess I'm too slow though eh. You are indeed, mikeydread, but there may be more bits and bobs in the next week or two. If anything changes, I'll let you know!
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Post by adman on May 23, 2018 18:21:24 GMT
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Post by adman on May 23, 2018 18:20:42 GMT
New Artworks.. "I see You" Charcoal, oils, spray paint and paint markers on Illustration board 56 x 76 cm "Primavera" Primavera means “Spring” in Italian, it a time of change, re-birth and new beginnings. Oil on 70 x 70 cm canvas I like the way your work is progressing Raffaella!
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Post by adman on May 23, 2018 18:18:38 GMT
I have a set of framed up set of Jimmy Cauty – Operation Disneyland stamps (Mickey Mouse / Iraq) If anyone would like them – pm me and I'll send pics. Need to be collected from Islington, London N1 – in the next week!
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Post by adman on May 21, 2018 18:45:39 GMT
I kind of like it, but it's missing the "god save the queen" message from the original art. I'm not sure it works without the text? It’s the oak leaves that are troubling me Heh, well spotted – I really should make more effort to actually read (and look...) Having said that, Jamie Reid is a bit of a hippy – so to be expected
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