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Browsing Galleries
Here’s a quick shout-out to all of the fantastic new members of our gallery network, artnet Galleries!
1. Abington Auction Gallery—Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
2. Ackerman’s Fine Art—Purchase, NY, USA
3. Art GK—Washington, D.C., Annandale, VA, USA
4. The Barakat Gallery—West Hollywood, CA, USA; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; London, United Kingdom
5. BARBARIAN-ART GALLERY—Zurich, Switzerland
6. Gallerie Citi—Burlingame, CA, USA
7. Feature Inc.—New York, NY, USA
8. GLOBE GALLERY—Weybridge, United Kingdom
9. Magno Arte—La Libertad, El Salvador
10. Meem Gallery—Dubai, United Arab Emirates
11. Galeria Oscar Cruz—São Paulo, Brazil
12. The Project Room—Chicago, IL, USA
Pictured: Banksy, Girl with Balloon - unsigned, 2004, courtesy of GLOBE GALLERY
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Who Owns Street Art?
When Banksy tags a work of art on a slab of concrete or a street corner, he means for it to stay there. That’s not always the case, though.
Now, as a Banksy sells for US$1.1 million, we wonder: Who actually owns Street Art?
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Donut Day
Happy National Donut Day, everyone!
Pictured: Donut (Pink) by Street artist Banksy
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Banksy
Some Street Art to start off your morning: Banksy’s Choose Your Weapon first appeared in the streets of London in 2010.
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Top 300 Artists
Check out the top 300 most popular Modern and Contemporary artists around the world right now.
Pictured: Banksy’s Because I’m Worthless
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Pulp Fiction
Street artist Banksy takes one of the iconic scenes of American cinema and deflates it with his characteristic irreverence.
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Kate
Based on Andy Warhol’s iconic Marilyn series, this signed screenprint by notorious Street artist Banksy is a portrait of the famous supermodel enfant terrible Kate Moss.
Browse more Graffiti and Street Art.
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Soup Can
Pictured is Banksy’s humorous take on Andy Warhol’s famous soup can imagery. The Street artist substitutes Warhol’s iconic Campbell’s Soup Can for a cheap tin of Tesco’s extra value tomato soup!
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Banksy’s Pooh Bear
Banksy’s black and white stencil of AA Milne’s cuddly creation, Winnie the Pooh, will go on sale at Bonham’s urban art sale in Los Angeles on October 29, 2012, and is estimated to sell for between US$50,000 and US$80,000!
The estimate may sound high, but is still well below the £1.26 million record currently held for an original Pooh Bear illustration by EH Shepard!
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More Urban Art
Graffiti artists, such as Banksy, Futura, and Shepard Fairey have moved from anonymous commentators to internationally known provocateurs.
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No Ball Games
Darkly humored and acting as both political and social commentaries, Banksy’s work is commonly executed in a distinctive stenciling technique, appearing on urban environments the world over.
His No Ball Games is now live for bidding on artnet Auctions.
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Banksy’s Kate Moss
Based on Andy Warhol’s iconic Marilyn series, notorious Street artist Banksy created this portrait of supermodel Kate Moss.
Bid on exclusive Street Art this weekend, exclusively on artnet Auctions.
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Graffiti and Street Art at Auctions
Banksy, Fairey, and Haring are just a few of the iconic artists staring in our Off The Wall: Graffiti And Street Art sale, which is now live on artnet Auctions, exclusively through June 21! Place your bid now!
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A Portrait Of A Queen
In order to make these portraits, Chris Levine had to take over 10,000 images and 3D data-sets of Her Majesty during two sittings at Buckingham Palace!
The works show The Queen wearing the Diamond Diadem, created for George IV and worn by Her Majesty for the procession to her Coronation in 1953.
View more Diamond Jubilee-related portraits, as as (most likely) Banksy’s response to the festivities.
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Banksy’s Diamond Jubilee Piece?
Although unconfirmed, this may be a brand new work from Banksy.
Says UK Street Art site Hookedblog, “with the Queen’s upcoming Diamond Jubilee, the location of this piece and the style and cut of the stencil it is highly likely that it’s the work of Banksy.”
