Street Artist Banksy Shredded Painting. But a new video that the guerilla street artist shared to youtube on tuesday suggests the stunt was slightly botched. On friday, auction house sotheby’s sold a painting by british graffiti artist banksy for $1.4 million.
Moments after a famous banksy painting was sold for more than $1.7 million during a live auction, the piece was shredded from inside its frame. The frame in which the painting was housed shredded the canvas. But a new video that the guerilla street artist shared to youtube on tuesday suggests the stunt was slightly botched.
A buyer who purchased a painting by provocative street artist banksy for $1.4 million, only to have it shred itself moments later, will keep the piece of artwork, according to auction house sotheby's.
But it could have a surprise result. Banksy posted on instagram a picture of the moment the painting was shredded robin gunningham was named as street artist banksy, which he claimed was untrue. A buyer who purchased a painting by provocative street artist banksy for $1.4 million, only to have it shred itself moments later, will keep the piece of artwork, according to auction house sotheby's. Banksy was trolling the art world long before he shredded his own painting.