What’s the name of Banksy’s half shredded painting?
“Love is in the Bin” is the shredded 2018 copy of Banksy’s 2006 painting of what was then known as “Girl with Balloon.” It was “destroyed” immediately after Sotheby’s sold it at an auction for a record £1,042,000 ($1.4 million).
Is “Love is in the Bin” On Sale Again?
On Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, Sotheby’s said that “Love is in the Bin” would be offered at a sale in London on Oct. 14. The piece has a pre-sale estimate of 4 million pounds to 6 million pounds (up to $8.3 million).
Did Banksy vandalize a Monet?
In October 2020, Banksy’s “Show Me the Monet” was sold to an unidentified bidder at Sotheby’s in London for $9.8 million. In the 2005 work, the artist added abandoned shopping carts and an orange traffic cone to Claude Monet’s image of water lilies.
What’s vandalized in “Subject to Availability”?
Titled Subject to Availability, the 2009 artwork features a defaced version of an 1890 oil painting by Albert Bierstadt depicting Mount Rainier National Park. Banksy added an asterisk to the painting with the note: “Subject to availability for a limited period only.” – obviously referring to the climate crisis.