In Australia and around the world the irreverent British graffiti artist is becoming more sought after and the prices at auction have become as much a talking point as the works themselves.
A limited edition screenprint of Banksy’s Love is in the Air (2003), was sold at auction on Wednesday for $150,000 after being bought for $300 at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art gift shop. Courtesy of Smith & Singer
In his 2005 monograph Wall and Piece the elusive British street artist Banksy wrote ‘Despite what they say graffiti is not the lowest form of art’.
And if the measure of merit is in the price people are prepared to pay for an artist’s work (an enduringly debatable point), then Banksy has proved himself right many times over.
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