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    The mural, a 30-foot tall painting of a rat holding a machine gun, will disappear after the businessman bought the former Liverpool pub it adorns and promised to paint over it…But after purchasing the artwork at auction on Thursday for £114,000, property developer Billy Palmer, 44, admitted he has no interest in preserving the painting, despite protests from art lovers.“I’m not a fan of modern art, I can’t say I know much about it really,” he said after the auction at Liverpool’s Marriott Hotel.“All I was concerned about was getting this great building for a good price, I’m going to turn it into luxury flats…As an official commission, the work is a rarity for Banksy. 

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    The mural, a 30-foot tall painting of a rat holding a machine gun, will disappear after the businessman bought the former Liverpool pub it adorns and promised to paint over it…
    But after purchasing the artwork at auction on Thursday for £114,000, property developer Billy Palmer, 44, admitted he has no interest in preserving the painting, despite protests from art lovers.
    “I’m not a fan of modern art, I can’t say I know much about it really,” he said after the auction at Liverpool’s Marriott Hotel.
    “All I was concerned about was getting this great building for a good price, I’m going to turn it into luxury flats…
    As an official commission, the work is a rarity for Banksy. 
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    February 21, 2010, 5:22pm  

    Exit Through the Gift Shop, A Banksy Film

    Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival

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    Reblogged from sometimes/often/maybe art-related.

    January 24, 2010, 5:37pm  

    » Two Banksy Murals Vandilized in Bristol

    You have to wonder how he actually feels about this.  Does he understand because that’s how he got started and applaud them for their boldness? Or does he think it’s tacky and dumb because they didn’t even do anything creative with it, they just splashed blue paint on the murals?

    I (personal opinion) think the latter.



    June 25, 2009, 11:43am  

    Banksy at the Bristol museum

This article says it’s an original Hirst that he has stenciled over. I am going to stop researching it and accept that to be the truth, because it is a pretty idea in my head.

    Banksy at the Bristol museum

    This article says it’s an original Hirst that he has stenciled over. I am going to stop researching it and accept that to be the truth, because it is a pretty idea in my head.



    June 24, 2009, 10:22am  

    Banksy

BRISTOL.- Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery presents a unique collaboration between the city’s foremost cultural institution and one of the region’s most infamous artists. Banksy has gained notoriety in recent years by using stencils to paint images on a diverse array of outdoor locations. This is the first exhibition in a three storey Edwardian museum. Throughout the summer, visitors will find some unusual specimens amongst the museum’s permanent collection - a stonehenge made from portable toilets greets visitors on arrival, a burnt out ice cream van now replaces the enquiries desk and the life size historic biplane suspended from the ceiling now provides refuge for a Guantanamo bay escapee. Banksy has filled the museum with his own wry take on classical art. The Banksy UK Summer show features more than 100 works of art, including animatronics and installations; it is his largest exhibition yet, featuring 78 new works. Reaction to the show was positive, with large numbers of visitors have come to Bristol to see it. Long lines have formed outside of the museum of up to one hour. “This is the first show I’ve ever done where taxpayers’ money is being used to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off,” Banksy was quoted by the BBC as saying. “This show is my vision of the future.”

    Banksy

    BRISTOL.- Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery presents a unique collaboration between the city’s foremost cultural institution and one of the region’s most infamous artists.

    Banksy has gained notoriety in recent years by using stencils to paint images on a diverse array of outdoor locations. This is the first exhibition in a three storey Edwardian museum.

    Throughout the summer, visitors will find some unusual specimens amongst the museum’s permanent collection - a stonehenge made from portable toilets greets visitors on arrival, a burnt out ice cream van now replaces the enquiries desk and the life size historic biplane suspended from the ceiling now provides refuge for a Guantanamo bay escapee. Banksy has filled the museum with his own wry take on classical art.

    The Banksy UK Summer show features more than 100 works of art, including animatronics and installations; it is his largest exhibition yet, featuring 78 new works. Reaction to the show was positive, with large numbers of visitors have come to Bristol to see it. Long lines have formed outside of the museum of up to one hour.

    “This is the first show I’ve ever done where taxpayers’ money is being used to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off,” Banksy was quoted by the BBC as saying. “This show is my vision of the future.”



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    June 15, 2009, 1:24pm  

    Is it considered vandalism if it’s over graffiti, even if the original graffiti is Banksy?

    Is it considered vandalism if it’s over graffiti, even if the original graffiti is Banksy?



    March 26, 2009, 2:31pm  

    Newest Banksy in London

    Newest Banksy in London



    March 02, 2009, 1:49pm  

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    Banksy opened a “pet shop” in NY.  It has such a great selection of pets, like chicken nuggets, breaded fish, and the bunnies are putting on makeup!  It’s actually the first time he has used animatronics so it is definitely worth a looksy.  If you live there, you have to go.  Then take pictures and send them to me.  Thanks!



    October 09, 2008, 9:26am  

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    I am loving Banksy’s new pieces in New Orleans.



    August 29, 2008, 9:02am