Banksy artwork which appeared in hospital corridor in tribute to NHS medics on Covid frontline raises £16million for charity in record auction for artist Game Changer appeared at Southampton Hospital last year as thank you to staff Banksy has auctioned original canvas, with reproduction remaining in hospital Painting fetched £16.7mil, which is said to be … Read more
Banksy artwork which appeared in hospital corridor in tribute to medics during pandemic will go up for auction for more than £3m to raise money for NHS A Banksy artwork displayed at Southampton General Hospital is up for sale The artist has consigned the original canvas of Game Changer for auction Auction house Christie’s have … Read more
The new owners of the house where Banksy left his latest artwork have been branded ‘mean spirited’ after boarding it up so it can’t be seen. The mural, entitled ‘Aachoo!’, appeared overnight in December on the side of a semi-detached property in Totterdown – on England’s steepest road. It depicts an elderly woman sneezing, creating the … Read more
The new owners of the house where Banksy left his latest artwork have been branded ‘mean spirited’ after boarding it up so it can’t be seen. The mural, entitled ‘Aachoo!’, appeared overnight in December on the side of a semi-detached property in Totterdown – on England’s steepest road. It depicts an elderly woman sneezing, creating the … Read more
Houses on the same street and of similar size should all sell for roughly the same price. That’s the general rule – and a logical one, too. Sometimes, however, that neat little equation is blown apart. Never more so than last month when Aileen Martin was selling her blue-painted terrace house in the Totterdown area … Read more
The owner of a Bristol home where a new Banksy mural has appeared have pulled out of the the sale at the 11th hour after it emerged the property could now be worth £5million. Aileen Makin, 57, owns the £300,000 property which could now see its value skyrocket because of the artwork. She was due to … Read more
Banksy confirms new ‘Aachoo!!’ artwork is his after mural showing old lady sneezing her dentures out of her mouth is discovered overnight on England’s steepest street in Bristol Image shows pensioner whose sneeze is knocking over buildings on Vale Street Piece entitled ‘Aachoo!!’ was first discovered at the property this morning Elderly woman is seen … Read more
Banksy’s £7m Monet maker: Reclusive artist’s work parodying a Claude Monet masterpiece sells for a fortune at auction Price achieved for Show Me the Monet is the second highest yet for the artist Five collectors pushed the winning bid beyond an estimate of up to £5million The 2005 painting transforms Monet’s Water Lily Pond into a … Read more
Brazen man goes on Antiques Roadshow with a Banksy he ripped off a wall in Brighton but its told it’s worth NOTHING as the artist won’t verify it A man appeared on Antiques Roadshow asking for a valuation of ‘his’ Banksy The man, who was living in Brighton in the late 1990s said he ‘gave … Read more
A graffiti artist has insisted a mural of a girl using a bicycle tyre as a hula hoop is his own, despite Banksy sharing a picture of the piece on his own Instagram page – the anonymous artist’s usual way of authenticating his work. Itchers, based in Birmingham, has assured local media in Nottingham that … Read more