When a Banksy painting “self-destructed” after selling at auction for £1.04 million ($1.4 million) last week, it looked like the perfect stunt — one that caught onlookers and the art world by surprise.
But the anonymous artist has now suggested that things didn’t go quite to plan. A new video, posted on Banksy’s website Wednesday, implies that the 2006 painting “Girl with Balloon” was supposed to be entirely destroyed. It shows footage of an identical-looking artwork being shredded from top to bottom, with strips of canvas falling from the frame.
The clip is accompanied by the message, “In rehearsals it worked every time…”
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What a stupid “artist”.
its all about publicity
You’ve got to keep on practicing.
Art experts have said the piece may be worth even more now – uniquely identifiable to banksy