A naive collector who bid on a piece of Banksy art has been left bankrupt after underestimating the attendant costs of having the work knocked out from the building it is on, transported and then installed in his own home.
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2012
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Art experts are said to be ‘hugely excited’ after new adverts for clothing chain H&M revealed a new work by the reclusive artist Banksy, sprayed onto David Beckham’s arse without his knowledge in a withering critique of celebrity underwear endorsements.
Posted: Feb 14th, 2012
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Banksy publically marked the launch of the bill at Bromley-by-Bow’s Brownfield Council Estate, taking an afternoon off from work on his new book: ‘If Voting Changed Anything they’d Abolish It’. The controversial former public schoolboy spray painted a picture of Winnie the Pooh in a gas mask onto one of the stairwells, to wild applause from residents.
Posted: Oct 16th, 2010
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‘I, like, couldn’t hide it any longer. Once I knew the News of the World was after me, I had to come out and admit it were me what did them paintin’s ‘n’ stuff’
Posted: Apr 28th, 2010
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The abstract piece is similar in theme and style to a number of lineal artworks that have appeared around the country.
Posted: Feb 25th, 2009
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