Banksy print bought for $2600 now has $80k price tag
Banksy’s Jack and Jill (Police Kids), 2005, edition 288 of 350, measuring 50cm by 70cm, has an estimate of $80,000 to $100,000.
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Prints and multiples, often thought of as the poor relations of unique artworks, are enjoying an extended moment in the limelight. Their time has come for a confluence of reasons.
They’re often a more affordable way to collect an artist whose paintings and other unique works may be out of reach. They reproduce well online and have been boosted along in this era of spiralling online sales and a new and younger demographic entering the market. And they’re the predominant medium of some artists who are currently much in vogue, particularly street artists, such as Banksy and Invader, but also old-school printmakers such as Andy Warhol. The master of repetition and the sound grab, Warhol once famously quipped, “I want to be a machine,” and, true to his word, made a f
The Art of Banksy to premiere in Seoul next month
Posted : 2021-06-01 15:03
Updated : 2021-06-01 15:07
The exhibition, The Art of Banksy: Without Limits, will be showcased for the first time in Asia from July 30 in Seongsu-dong, Seoul. Courtesy of The Art of Banksy
By Park Han-sol
This summer, Korea will welcome the Asian premiere of The Art of Banksy: Without Limits, a celebrated showcase of more than 130 works associated with arguably the most fascinating and enigmatic British graffiti master and activist at present. The Seoul exhibition will be mounted in the Seouliteum in Seongsu-dong from July 30 and will run until Feb. 6 of next year.
Take it to the Banksy: Art world s revered prankster and provocateur leads Heritage Auctions event
Banksy (b. 1974), NOLA (White Rain), 2008. Screenprint in colors on Arches paper, 29-3/4 x 21-1/2 inches. Sold for: $162,500.
DALLAS, TX
.-Heritage Auctions latest Prints & Multiples Signature Auction, held Thursday, fetched $1.9 million. That nearly doubled the pre-auction estimate for the 81-lot event, due in large part to the overwhelming interest in works by Banksy, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, KAWS and David Hockney, among others.
More than 500 bidders from around the globe participated in the auction, which was close to a complete sell-out. This was a blockbuster event filled with a who s-who of blue-chip artists, says Taylor Curry, the New York-based consignment director in Heritage s Modern & Contemporary Art category. So it s absolutely no surprise that we saw collectors respond accordingly.
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