and the whole of the audience in sotheby s became part of this art experience. and what makes it such a unique piece is that this is the one and only time that banksy has sort of taking the baton from the great da da, and made what we didn t think possible as art into an art event, taking the stuffy old auctionhouse routine of selling to just rich collectors and rich art connoisseurs into making it a bit of fun and a bit of humor for everybody. everybody had access to this over social media. so, if it is exactly as you are describing and it was an art performance and this thing first went for $1.4 million, did banksy just up the value of this piece? oh, my goodness. you know, this is such an unusual story. because, of course, sotheby s has never had anything like this before and they re scratching their heads thinking, what happens if the buyer wants to
travels through russia attorney on the stars of gold the legendary trans-siberian train. we start off today show with the largest art event this year in the u.k. the great exhibition of the north over the next eighty days the northern english cities of newcastle and gateshead will host exhibitions and live performances will highlights include a special eighty meter water sculpture we checked out some of the attractions that await visitors. damien hirst s shop preserved in full mile high and john lennon s last piano objects associated with two artists who stand for the north of england in the city of newcastle and its neighboring town of gateshead the art of culture from the region is being celebrated in the great exhibition of the north it s a combination of art show concept and street festival. the idea
in moments, they were gone, and robert s gear and our food and everything were just on the trail. mark, are you okay? and now it was victor and meg and robert and myself. before we could talk about what we wanted to do or what our plan was, two of the men who had passed us earlier in the day showed up. one of them was bleeding, and break news on msnbc. we re taking you straight to text. gunfire interrupting a art event called the hue hamd art event and contest. 25 miles outside of dallas itself. police telling a crowd a police officer and two men were shot outside of the exhibit, including a police officer. now, investigators say two men drove near the building, opened fire, and according to nbc affiliate kxas officers shot and
something special here on world news now this morning. it s rare that we feature a report from kiev, the capital of ukraine. we do it all here. that s where a rather unique art event is taking place based on the fairytale sleeping beauty. abc s reporter went to check it out. reporter: once upon a time, in a land far, far away. there was a young woman who could only be awakened by a kiss from her one true love. although many men and some women tried to wake her, none proved to be her soul s match. if you re thinking sleeping beauty, you re right.
truck crashed into their wedding themed photo shoot there. witnesses say the driver lost control, barreling into the group of models, even pinning one person under the vehicle. witnesses said the driver appeared intoxicated and he has since been cited for driving under the influence. a fiery crash in new hampshire claimed the life of one person of a tir their vehicle crashed in to a poll plaza. charreded wreckage is all that remain after the car burst into flames. it s unclooer if alcohol played a role. no one else was injured. and finally in houston, it was a collaboration of creativity and cool at the 24th annual art car parade. billed as the city s largest art event, spectators lined the streets to get a view of cars that ranged from outland addition, artistic and definitely one of a kind. and now for it a look at your national weather, we turn once again to bill karins with