“In rehearsals it worked every time,” the video said, before a clip is played that shows that the painting, indeed, was supposed to self-destruct completely.Īfter the auction, Banksy had shared a photo of the self-destruction on his Instagram page, along with the caption “Going, going, gone …”Īlso Read: Banksy Creates Steve Jobs Portrait to Support Syrian RefugeesĪt a press conference following the incident, Sotheby’s head of contemporary art in Europe, Alex Branczik, said, “We’ve been Banksy-ed. Art connoisseurs could only watch in horror as an expensive piece was shredded before their eyes. See Photo: Banksy Painting Sells for $1.4 Million, Promptly Self-Destructs Banksy posted a photo of his creation to Instagram in mid-shred. However, Banksy now revealed that the painting should’ve been shredded entirely, not just halfway. The Banksy painting of 'Girl with Balloon' sold for 1.4 million just before it was destroyed by a shredder hidden in the frame. “Everyone turned around, and the picture had slipped through its frame.” It was shredded halfway through. It was this friend who put it up for auction.) The video showed images of the shredder being implanted into the picture frame. The 2006 work was sold for more than three times what it was estimated to sell for at Sotheby’s, after which “we heard an alarm go off,” said auction attendee Morgan Long, head of investment at the Fine Art Group. In the video, we can see the frame being put together, as well as footage from inside Sotheby’s in London where the painting fetched $1.4 million at an auction. Or perhaps, another change agent will be hidden in the frame.Street artist Banksy posted a video in which he said the self-destruction of the iconic “Girl With Balloon” painting earlier this month didn’t go quite as planned. One has to wonder if the next Banksy work sold at auction will also include a shredder that is activated by a remote control that actually works. While the original, un-shredded version was expected to sell at auction for between £200,000 ($260,000) to £300,000 ($390,000), Joey Syer of told the media that the piece is now worth about 50 percent more than its final auction price, potentially placing it as high as £2 million ($2.6 million). “Following his surprise intervention on the night, we are pleased to confirm the sale of the artist’s newly-titled Love is in the Bin, the first artwork in history to have been created live during an auction.” “Banksy didn’t destroy an artwork in the auction, he created one,” Alex Branczik, Sotheby’s head of contemporary art in Europe, said in a statement at the time.
The new work was displayed at the New Bond Street galleries in London days after its creation, on October 13 and 14.
She described her reaction as “at first shocked, but gradually I began to realize that I would end up with my own piece of art history.” The piece is now entitled “Love is in the Bin,” and it’s been granted a certificate of authenticity by Banksy’s official body Pest Control. The work was purchased by a European art collector and a client of the auction house. See also: Banksy Video Shows How He Rigged Frame With Hidden Shredder The video displays a message that “in rehearsals it worked every time.” In a previous video detailing the plan, Banksy explained that he “secretly” built the shredder into the frame “in case it was ever put up for auction.” With the second video, Banksy revealed that he used a handheld remote to activate the mechanism during the Sotheby’s auction on October 5, but it stopped halfway through. The work first appeared in 2002 as a graffiti in the United Kingdom, with the piece in the frame produced in 2006. In a new video uploaded on this week called “Shredding the Girl and Balloon - The Director’s Cut” (as seen above), the anonymous artist is seen constructing the picture frame and placing a shredding mechanism inside. When the artist pressed the button to move the picture through the shredder, moments after it sold for just over £1 million ($1.4 million) at a London auction, the painting unexpectedly stopped moving halfway through. A new video from Banksy shows his “Girl With Balloon” picture frame outfitted with a secret paper shredder didn’t work exactly as planned.
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