Banksy painting self-destructs just after it was auctioned for $1.4 million

[Brian4Liberty]

One of Banksy’s paintings self-destructed just after it was auctioned
The painting sold for $1.4 million before it shredded itself

On Friday, auction house Sotheby’s sold a painting by British graffiti artist Banksy for $1.4 million. The piece was a copy of one of the artist’s most famous works, an image of a girl releasing a red balloon, and moments after it was sold, the painting self-destructed, shredding itself while onlookers watched.

In a video, Banksy explained that he had secretly installed a shredder in the frame of the painting, titled “Girl with Balloon,” to destroy it if it ever went up for auction.
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More: https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/7/1...ructed-sothbys

[ThePaleoLibertarian]

Banksy is overrated.

[Swordsmyth]

Banksy is overrated.

He seems to agree.

[Brian4Liberty]

[Anti Federalist]

Sabo FTW

[Swordsmyth]

Now, the piece, spray paint and acrylic on canvas and mounted (obviously) in the artist’s own frame, has doubled in value according to the Evening Standard. The painting’s new but surely iconic place in art history may see the price only increase further in the coming months.

More at: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/banks...230538468.html

Modern Art is a strange combination of money laundering and insanity.

[latty_b]

That's insane, indeed! Banksy has outdone himself again. ...In a...good way? Who knows. And I am watching what yves bouvier sotheby's affair will lead to... Grabbing my popcorn now...

[Anti Globalist]

Well they do say art is an explosion.

[AZJoe]

[Swordsmyth]

It's the people who break the rules that give those orders.

[PierzStyx]

It's the people who break the rules that give those orders.

Perfectly encapsulates why the State shouldn't exist. Thinking people with power will obey "the rules" the way you want is delusional.

[Swordsmyth]

Perfectly encapsulates why the State shouldn't exist. Thinking people with power will obey "the rules" the way you want is delusional.

Thinking the state can be kept from existing is delusional, the best you can do is create one that is easier to control than those that others will create if you don't.

[pcosmar]

Thinking the state can be kept from existing is delusional, the best you can do is create one that is easier to control than those that others will create if you don't.

Or phucking ignore it.
Stay out of its way and live my life.

[Swordsmyth]

Or phucking ignore it.
Stay out of its way and live my life.

Hoping the alligator eats everyone else first and saves you for last is not a good plan.

[pcosmar]

Hoping the alligator eats everyone else first and saves you for last is not a good plan.

I'm going to watch Leviathan punished,,, Keep your fear.

In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

and that is tattooed on my back,,

[Swordsmyth]

I'm going to watch Leviathan punished,,, Keep your fear.

I'm going to save everyone else I can,,, Keep your apathy.

[PierzStyx]

Thinking the state can be kept from existing is delusional, the best you can do is create one that is easier to control than those that others will create if you don't.

Except that ancient and modern history is full of societies where the state has not existed. Thinking that you can control something which has turned into a tool of mass murder and mass oppression in every example of its use isn't just delusional, it is madness.

[PierzStyx]

I'm going to save everyone else I can,,, Keep your apathy.

Fascists always think of themselves as the great hero while murdering millions of innocents.

"Stop resisting! Don't you know I'm saving you! *continues to stomp on person's face*

Just another statist delusion, one needed to justify being a rapist, violator, oppressor, and murderer.

[Swordsmyth]

Except that ancient and modern history is full of societies where the state has not existed. Thinking that you can control something which has turned into a tool of mass murder and mass oppression in every example of its use isn't just delusional, it is madness.

No it isn't unless you craft a definition of the state that is deceptive.