Banksy’s Shredded Painting to Be Auctioned for $5.5 Million

Banksy’s now infamous shredded work of art is going up for auction again. In 2018, the elusive artist stunned a room full of people at Sotheby’s when he shredded ‘Girl With Balloon’ as soon as the gavel came down. It sold for $1.4 million. Since then, the piece has been renamed ‘Love is in the Bin’ and it could be worth as much as $8.3 million according to Sotheby’s. Inside Edition Digital’s Mara Montalbano has more.

[@superprincessgem1]

I love how Banksy decided to troll people and it’s going to be bidded on for an insane amount

[@dot680]

It wasnt a troll. They knew it would be worth more.

[@stopcommentingshit]

@@dot680 that’s what I was thinking

[@dayangmarikit6860]

@@dot680 It was supposed to go all the way through but the shredder malfunctioned.

[@sethgyellins]

@@dayangmarikit6860 or so the Germans would have us believe

[@daylinhesford3116]

Lapiss

[@Frenite]

It’s funny seeing all the rich people freak out. That was quite a prank, but he definitely knew what he was doing because it increased the value.

[@jin_cotl]

@Kush Patel that sucks even more wtf

[@skellie4580]

He hates his art being sold like this actually. Hence the shredder to leave a message.

[@lazypengu5921]

It was supposed to shred the entire thing though it malfunctioned.

[@zacharywindover9840]

Actually it wasn’t meant to increase value. His manager or wherever it was stole his work to sell, he doesn’t actually like selling his work in auctions like this. That’s why it was shredded.

[@youreinthematrix87]

They don’t want pay their taxes

[@hehheh1204]

Doesn’t banksy hate that people sell his art? Isn’t that why he installed the shredder? I think the whole painting was supposed to be shredded but it didn’t go all the way through.

[@Emz1738.]

Nah he left it halfway because he knew the value would soar even higher and it did, and this time who knows the next auction he might shred the whole thing his last stunt maybe?

[@stopcommentingshit]

I don’t think anybody puts their heart and soul into something for it to be valueless lol It’s like saying “let’s let this million dollar product just be” Do you hear yourself

[@Pataganja]

@@Emz1738. idk I always heard it malfunctioned

[@Pataganja]

@@stopcommentingshit he could draw a smiley face and it’d be worth a million dollars I don’t think he’s concerned about that

[@WolfPrideProductions]

He did intend for it to be entirely shredded, and the shredder did in fact malfunction, there was a video that showed how he even made the shredder. He does hate having his art sold at auctions, it's not that he sees his art as "valueless" it's that he thinks that art's value shouldn't be the dollar bill. From what I have read up on him and learned at art school was that he has more of an issue with the capitalism in the art world. It's an issue as a lot of people now value the dollar worth and status of artwork more than the actual artwork itself. Example: rich people who want to own a Picasso because it's a "Picasso", not because they actually like the piece or the artist.

[@radio5161]

wow he really shredded that buyer's hope

[@vex4701]

He also shredded the portrait of who asked

[@gozorp]

Literally

[@Karim_RD]

He shredded 1.4 million dollars...

[@IanPatrickOfficial]

The painting should be renamed a "Shred of Hope."

[@CarolinaBassHunter]

*Buh duh pssh

[@bran2133]

I love how the art market is so manipulative that a banana is worth more then my house and shredded art is worth more after being shredded.

[@chosen_one.666]

Someone definitely needs to quote this comment for safekeeping.

[@nara1280128]

They dont sell the art itself, they sell concept

[@GarbanzoBeansFan]

Confusing stonks

[@namewithheld7835]

They have too much money

[@MrUranium238]

It's about money laundering

[@Joseph22805]

The most incredible and stupid thing is how much value people give to material stuff 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@sachintomy1291]

Tax evasion

[@aminamohamed1701]

@@sachintomy1291 someone gets it

[@chewy99.]

@Nora Nora yeah like seriously, if you’re going to spend tons of money on something, make sure it’s cool and or valuable, not just a low effort drawing by a guy who didn’t even want it sold.

[@straightbusta2609]

@@sachintomy1291 Money Laundering too

[@thelgiver5844]

@@sachintomy1291 Or Money Laundering.

[@xpan195]

He did a social experiment a few years ago in NYC by pretending to be a central park art seller (where you can buy a lot of touristy art prints or paintings for under $100) and sold only a few of his original paintings that day for like $40 each. Really just exposed the art world… that art is only “worth” something if it’s hyped up. It was also similar to the reason he chose to have this painting set to destroy itself after being sold at an auction: basically the middle finger to the person coughing up like 20million for it (the price of the piece before it was shredded)

[@Rzo139]

Well, now they're giving him the middle finger right back and saying, "Jokes on you. We're still selling it."

[@neonblood4658]

That's the point, ANY form of art is worth only the value we give it, be it paintings or music

[@EOh-ew2qf]

painting with girl and a balloon is worth 20 million? why? that painting seems so generic

[@zman4002]

@@EOh-ew2qf no, he's wrong it says right in the video it was sold for 1.4 million before it was shredded

[@danieldevito6380]

If you don't believe that Banksy and Sotheby's set this up together, you're clueless.

[@DoDo-lr7xf]

The original artist didn’t expect this when he shredded the painting

[@Mariet31]

I think it was part of the plan to prove the stupidity of this business.

[@DoDo-lr7xf]

anyway rich people always have money to burn

[@kkomzz6144]

@@DoDo-lr7xf money to shred *

[@auntiem873]

He figured if it was shredded no one would want it. Since it did t finish being shredded, he made it more valuable and gave it another chance at being sold.

[@SephBane]

@@auntiem873 No one would think the original artist shredding a piece would make it unsellable. You would see the people in that room were shocked but excited and the auction house scrambled to get it down and protected. The whole thing was a stunt and a well played one his audience knows it and eats it up.

[@vic_mayo8287]

Imagine it’s about to be sold again and it just shreds the whole paper

[@luiss_memes7692]

And then they auction it again and call it shredded love

[@HM-xi5zi]

That would be insane, but the shredder is deactivated now.

[@mikkeljeppesen7696]

It coud properly go up in flames 🤣

[@jarehelt]

That would blow my mind 🤯

[@MrInternFTL]

Each piece is worth 8 mil

[@williamtorres-gv1lv]

Banksy: *installs shredder in painting so it won't be sold* Rich People: *sells for 5.5 Million* Banksy: *Surprised Pikachu face*

[@priyasreedey3857]

(° ͜ʖ °)

[@profilnamn9657]

Ot it just went according to plans 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@danieldevito6380]

If you don't believe that Banksy and Sotheby's set this up together, you're clueless.

[@KOKOBC]

Sold for 25.5 mil actually

[@Favoxhille]

-Banksy: takes a poop and forgets to flush -Auctioneer: we will start off at 100k

[@textman09]

1M after flushing

[@french-it-up9191]

@@textman09 Not before making sure it got clogged on purpose. Comes with an additional $4.5million plunger.

[@Luvmeshannon]

Well the famous painting called “Whistlers Mother” sold for 50 million to General Newton. And it was really just a poster coated in egg white to make it look authentic and held together with bubble gum. And nobody knew!! Thanks to Mr Bean who accidentally sneezed on the original….

[@fritzy.]

I feel old now

[@Shamuto7]

Good times.

[@named746]

i love that movie

[@tiredtired2850]

This made me smile. Thx😗❤️

[@adamchapman3358]

I was reading this like it was facts til the end 🤔😖

[@youshiscreaming6982]

Bruh next he’s just going to dress up as a worker and burn the painting

[@darrenkhosasi1252]

Called it

[@jayus2033]

@CodeNation no he’s lgbtq

[@mythoughtsexactly2145]

Then theyll auction that again and call it: Burning Passion

[@MorrisWilsonFvcks]

And then someone will still buy it

[@PirateCat822]

@@jayus2033 Nahh,he's definitely from the 3 Alphabet Bois

[@sergiopabon1387]

This shows that you don't have to be a talent painter to be famous. Just creative.

[@KG-jw4jg]

He is very talented and he doesn’t even want to see his art which is the reason he tried to shred it

[@999JWforever]

Nothing creative about it lmao it was a basic painting a 1 year old could make and then he just installed a shredder so creative man

[@31oannamphong66]

@@999JWforever i don't know any 10 years old can paint a girl like that, heck even now i still don't know how to draw a human i don't know much about tech but installing a shredder into a frame is pretty hard

[@pangvang207]

U can be creative but without the right people and connects you aint going nowhere...

[@samalass466]

You can also be super pretentious tbh.

[@stephenwilliams9628]

I love how alot of popular artists literally go out of their way to point out how dumb it is to put so much value into something intrinsically worthless and the people refuse to see this.

[@leesin4321]

Art is just rich people’s way to say “please rip me off”

[@smartanajones4u]

😂😂😂😂EXACTLY!!! Well said

[@jxiza]

Dude literally shredded his art and made 5x more money

[@ItsDaOneMac]

Banksy and every bit of his art, concept, his vision and mindset is just so dope. I remember when that auction was happening, and I was even saying, “he doesn’t like his artwork sold”, and sure enough, when the gavel went off, and it shredded, I had said that is definitely the most iconic move stamp involving Banksy’s name. If no one knew him before then, they definitely did that day. Watching all of those bidders faces watching just as if they could not believe such a thing could have happened. I can’t wait to see what next. It has been some time since that auction happened and it took Banksy some time to even organize that last one.

[@trevoC132]

No one knew him before then? Really?

[@ItsDaOneMac]

@@trevoC132 lots of people. Especially if they aren’t particularly into the “arts”, or may have seen an image from Banksy, but never heard the name “Banksy” before that day

[@trevoC132]

@@ItsDaOneMac Well, we'll have to agree to disagree. Banksy had a 15 year career before the baloon shredding that included dozens of giant public exhibits that garnered world wide attention which is exactly why the balloon auction sold for such a high price. An unkown artist couldn't demand a million dollars for some stencil art. That piece was sold purely on his reputation and name.

[@kevinwillingham901]

It always amazes me that people pay for someone to draw on a piece of paper and it becomes worth millions

[@aminamohamed1701]

Tax evasion

[@999JWforever]

Yea 99 percent of it is money laundrying

[@meh154]

Even worse, someone actually bought a picture of a potato for a million dollar lol. It is beyond my understanding. I could just take a picture of something and then I can get a million dollar 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@febuary1497]

@@aminamohamed1701 just chg tax laws on art pieces then

[@blackmantis3130]

Money is a piece of paper

[@DiabolikalFollikles]

“Art is whatever you can get away with.” ~ Andy Warhol.

[@PNW-stranded]

Curious question, how did it activate? Was he in the crowd, unknowingly, waiting for the opportunity to slap that shredder button?

[@blazetino5713]

“Easily the most famous piece of art of the 21st century” Damian Hirst: Hold my beer

[@matthewwoodmansee]

idk most of his stuff is just dots.

[@lilysfield1]

thats just hype.

[@tilsgee]

@@matthewwoodmansee really? Heheheheheheheehehehejejejdjdjdjdjdhdhsbssnjsjdjsnjddkkdd Sorry, i have stroke

[@StressHaze]

I refuse to believe that shredded paper and a banana cost more then what my family's earned In the last 100 years.

[@georgealmaraz658]

The definition of "When someone has more money than they need."

[@zman4002]

Banksy: tries to shred his art so people wouldn't buy it Baksy's art: gets sold for higher price than original Banksy: *wait, that wasn't supposed to happen*

[@emiliteemmy3065]

I- I don't know what art is anymore..

[@sluckish8554]

Same

[@agentone8511]

ArTiSsUbJeCtIve. Nah u just saw some lines and thought, yeah this represents the cycle of life

[@emiliteemmy3065]

@@agentone8511 Yeah I know, but let's admit it that no matter how you view it,(even the rich one is aware) or even all people!!! that shredding it doesn't define art anymore. It defines Money. And yeah, the reason why you(probably) and the other people thinks that this is a "piece of art" is mainly because the price is so big or, because they're intrigued about the word "Unique".

[@FrankDaBank25]

I love how value sometimes comes from what people want it to be worth. The art world is a clown show of insecurity and fake people.

[@Abell_lledA]

One doesn’t experience self-transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates..🎈

[@jasonspades5628]

That's the most ridiculous piece of word salad I've ever heard. This statement is fallacious and irrational to an extent that becoming nonsensical. In other words, talking like the lion king soundtrack for the purpose of sounding profound might fool people. But logic won't be fooled. Lol...(The illusion of self)..what does that even mean? People like yourself likes to speak in Metaphors. Because speaking literally requires accuracy.

[@deathrodamus9608]

@@jasonspades5628 I think “the illusion of self” he’s talking about is how people think they’re in total control of themselves, but in some instances the Hypothalamus is.

[@popaudi0]

"Mhm Mmmmhm! I have no idea what they're saying but I'll pretend I do anyways!"

[@therealjimbo3206]

Quoting quotes doesn't make you smart

[@popaudi0]

@@Dontrolling what me?😭

[@firstlast9731]

i hate how artists think. They believe everything that has character is worth millions. what a waste of time and money

[@MM_FarmAndExotics]

Well that's how you make it into the history books.

[@onemansvoice9132]

that's literally the opposite of Banksy

[@pubg-blsy3352]

It’s a auction, it’s the bidder who’s setting the bid and making it expensive.

[@emmakai2243]

I'd probably direct your hate towards the buyers. If an "artist" can be one of the millions of artists that aren't broke, don't have a second job, and can market to the rich, more power to them.

[@ED-yy4te]

It's actually a protest against the auctions but the shredder stopped halfway through

[@Terrestrial..1]

To the person who paid Millions for a drawing, "Would you have otherwise given the homeless $100 notes so they can eat"?

[@tunedskillsz]

No, you will need to give that homeless man and every other homeless man 100$ every day for the next 50 years until they die. Give a homeless man inspiration, like art, and he can learn to fish for himself.

[@Terrestrial..1]

@@tunedskillsz If one hands them a $100 note and say "This is what you will receive daily if you get a job and work hard for it" it will.

[@pinkcloud8182]

@@tunedskillsz you can give them art for free lmao how does that justify spending millions on a painting 😭

[@lionsfan8235]

Get off your high horse. Just because someone most likely worked very hard to get this kind of wealth doesn't mean they have to be charitable. Do i respect those that do more? Yes but its not your or my place to judge these people for what they spend their money on.

[@reitanaki5635]

@@lionsfan8235 Amen to that

[@scrappydooinalobstercostum4523]

"Honey I just won an auction for a 5 million dollar painting!" "Wow that's amazing! What is it?" "Some shredded paper"

[@Eatongee]

Ultimate way to launder money. Great job "art" world.

[@annoyedok321]

When a hedge fund billionaire like Ken Griffin spends $200 million on a Jackson Pollock you know it's not about talent appreciation. Money isn't real, it's a abstract.

[@guitarandmore69]

If you have $5.5 million laying around and you buy THIS, you're likely a terrible human.

[@isabellacollins1872]

Poor people think about what they can buy with their money, Rich people think about what they can invest in with their money 💰💰💰;

[@digitalwhatsappline2360]

Recently,I invested in both stock and Crypto but currently I believe crypto is doing more better !!

[@garrymohr8185]

The rich become richer by spending like the poor and investing None stop, While the poor stay poor by spending like the rich yet not making any investment

[@fredcampbell9539]

Wow!!! Imagine trading and stocking up bitcoin from now till then!!!

[@coderbailey2996]

I wanted to trade but got confused with the fluctuations of price

[@GustavoSilva-cn9ew]

That won't bother you if you trade with a professional like Mr macheal Dwight

[@danh4453]

Banksy could have destroyed the painting by fire.. but then again, they might just sell the ashes.

[@pocketfulaflowers]

Imagine shredding your art just for it to be up on auction again. The irony continues!

[@ConnerPlays360]

He doesn’t earn a shred of the money either :(

[@PomegranateJuiceSmoothie]

@@ConnerPlays360 literally and figuratively

[@michaelscott_chan]

Banksy : Shreds his art so no one can sell it. Sotheby's : Sells the shredded art for almost 5 times it's original value. Banksy : 👁️👄👁️

[@everythingpony]

0:22 right here, he pushes a button, he did it

[@ImAlmostFunny]

This dude: "Its like printing my own money!"

[@dg-zl1ct]

Commonsense, this was not a surprise to the art gallery. First, who gave them the artwork to sell? It didn't just appear at their doorstep. 2nd, Bansky installed a shredder, and you really think the art gallery didn't inspect the frame and art piece? They have professionals for just this. To prove authenticity. 3rd, as soon as it sold they panned over to the piece? They knew this was going to happen. It was staged, and Bansky gets paid for this shock factor. But it's worth more if he is anonymous, so he protects revealing his identity. This is his artwork and it cant sell unless he authorizes the sell of it. On a building or property its a different story because it's someone else's property so technically he gifted it to them as they can sell it after. But this belongs to him unless he gifts it or sells it.

[@lambertlum1087]

Maybe you should read up on Banksy. The man is anti-capitalist. He had one of his men managing a street booth, selling his artwork at $60. Very few pieces sold because the artist was never mentioned. Banksy is disillusioned with the warped valuations that the free market assigns to his artwork.

[@TammonOG]

I will never understand why that's worth so much

[@Markynaz]

I'd like to think somewhere on the planet there is a man who's keeping his flamethrower meticulously clean.

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

Banksy: We do a little trolling. Billionaires: *I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK!*

[@KwameCrawford]

Banksy: "So I did a little trolling prep off camera"

[@glamorouslynothere4785]

Banksy: I hate when people sell my art shredder go brr 👁️👁️ rich people: *raises value of shredded painting* *you may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!*

[@haphazardprism]

This pretty much proves that if you label garbage as art someone will pay outrageous money to own it. 😑

[@mrkid2451]

The pretty much proves you don’t have a good eye for art

[@haphazardprism]

@@mrkid2451 Get your eyes checked. Have a good day!

[@mrkid2451]

@@haphazardprism get your head checked because you might have a case of I don’t know how to be in someone else’s shoes disease

[@davidlee480]

Imagine the piece just self-destructs itself some how 😂

[@jacobmontoya5534]

I like how he thought he ruined it, and yet made it even more valuable by doing so lol

[@JohnDoe-rt4jz]

The reason that he shredded it is because he/her didn’t want his art to be sold like that, so I guess it’s that much more bad feeling for him/her. Edit: If you all look into it, Banksy was actually there (allegedly)… I don’t believe that there would’ve been the capability in the frame to shred it from the web so quick, right after the gavel dropped.

[@twist58]

Banksy is an amazing artist. Art class sure taught me many types of modern day artists out there and his work caught my attention since no one has a clue on what he really looks like in real-life.

[@Phil_A_O_Fish]

I agree wholeheartedly with you, @twist58, his work shines a light on very important social and environmental issues by using comedy and parody to make us all look ridiculous. The best part about all of his works is that he gets the so-called serious art 'experts' and 'collectors' scrambling for his original works and they're all too stupid to realise that he's taking the p*ss out of all of them, doesn't he? Your comment about him remaining anonymous throughout his entire career is quite valid in that it only adds to his mystique and the value of any of his works when they come up for auction, doesn't it? As my late mother used to say here in England ".....some people have more money than sense, don't they? " and Banksy manages to prove her right on every occasion when his works come up for sale, doesn't he? By the way, the only thing that even we Brits know about him is that he's originally from Bristol and that's about it....as far as I'm concerned he's a National Treasure and long may he continue to produce such vicious pieces of anti-establishment works and at the same time bleed those idiots dry of all of their excessive wealth. :-)

[@twist58]

@@Phil_A_O_Fish My art instructor even showed us a slideshow of supposed sightings of Banksy working on one of his projects, but he always had an ape mask covering his face. Not even sure if that's really him or one of his followers.

[@gozorp]

Me, reading the comment section seeing non-artist people complaining about this price: ☠️☠️☠️

[@K0I.07]

makes me wonder about all of the drawings in my trashcan worth

[@brandonlopez8950]

nothing p

[@mel-ij2of]

u guys keep proving banksy's point

[@1981cvalentine]

Banksey in 2022: take a step up ladies and gentlemen, and witness the amazing and spectacular, Exploding painting.

[@apieceofhair8449]

Imagine he shreds the other half now 😂

[@AzanAli-]

I see Banksy's art everyday as I live in his hometown of Bristol.

[@hellurgoodbur8230]

I could draw better than that.. where tf is my millions 😄🤣

[@vex4701]

Go do it then

[@BurgerWorkerD]

*Girl with heart ballon* Random person: $5.5M

[@LaurenHulton]

Can you imagine if at this auction he shreads the rest of it away😂

[@lambertlum1087]

I think they already removed the built-in shredder.

[@jordansitu6279]

Banksy next painting: hidden in the frame is a block of C4

[@MCsAdvice]

If he really wanted to shred his art, the painting would have gone completely through and not just halfway.

[@momoftwobunnies]

It malfunctioned. They show it working properly before.

[@zombiekrypt1769]

Think of how many people in shelters and orphanages 5.5 mil could help. IMO that is the true art.

[@bing4783]

k wtf. this is literally not what he wanted. but i mean can’t you just have your own gallery and put the piece up. i think he know they will be sold.

[@AmusementLabs]

I can't wait to see the video of it setting itself on fire. 🤣

[@darnzellis7151]

I feel it would have made more of an impact if it kept shredding until it covered the heart ❤

[@luiatwood8234]

Part 1 shreds the first half part 2 shreds it completely

[@barrymccockner3683]

Expensive art is just used to launder money change my mind

[@chinotype4721]

Plot twist: the buyer shredded it all

[@darrenkhosasi1252]

Let me guess, later he'll burn it to ashes

[@Prettyinframes]

And then resale it as new art 😂

[@fruitypeebils]

i thought banksy was like one of the best artists ever when i was growing up. looking back on it, a lot of it is like college art student level concepts. "woah imagine like a revolutionary thats like throwing a molotov, but the molotov is actually a bouquet of flowers. it just like says so much about society man."

[@gubadubadoo5314]

I can draw anything and it can have a price tag. It’s so easy. What makes those blobs and splats of paint special? I mean I can do that 😈🤡

[@danielalonso6527]

Then do it lol

[@gozorp]

Stop with the words and do the action lmao

[@PigeonFlare]

It’s not all about the skill. That obviously caps at some point. Most of the paintings value comes from being made by a world famous artist and going viral on major news networks after the shredding.

[@03stmlax]

It really is just about *doing it* --- Banksy prbly thought the same thing as you at one point... "I can do that art, that's easy" --- difference is, he went out and did it... Also gotta have a combo of talent and luck... But the more you do something, the luckier you tend to get

[@zee9709]

You need reputation dude, if putin draw something I'm sure its also gonna be expensive regardless how its look.

[@D3ZB0T]

He also put a lighter in there, he didn’t show it on the video of how he made it. The second it is sold, it will light.

[@taramerryman7330]

Makes me want to go watch Exit Through the Gift Shop again. Such a good documentary about him.

[@brainloading5543]

The funniest thing is that Banksy was most likely in the auction room lmao that's high level trolling

[@xtscarfacem8255]

This is truly this centuries artist. In the times where popularity, attraction, curiosity heavily outweighs the art itself.

[@chant305]

I fell in love with that painting the first time I saw it. I had no idea it was so expensive.

[@paigeeeey5611]

Funny how he was just in the crowd probably, then it was sold & he was just like... “I ain’t done yet” lmao

[@henrylivingstone2971]

I don’t believe for a second that Christie’s (the auction house) wasn’t in on the prank. They do rigorous inspections and would’ve been able to see that there’s a shredder or mechanisms within the frame clattering about and feeling strangely weighted for a frame. I say that because it is illegal for the seller and auction house to alter an item after the hammer price is passed. Though banksy being anonymous is free from blame, Christie’s is still contemptible. Also I don’t think it’s gonna sell for 5.5 I’d bet on a more conservative estimate if 3.5 million.

[@PiXie232]

I was thinking the exact same thing. Christie’s had to know about it. Or they were instructed not to tamper with the frame or backing by Banksy himself, but they still would have known something was up. It would have been too heavy for them to notice that he had something planned inside that frame.

[@ballbender9thousand944]

The artist : Its even funnier the second time Proceed to shredded it again

[@Lifeisshortby]

It’s not art , it’s called ingenious marketing.

[@yourdaddy5876]

Let's do that with all the art in the museums

[@timefortee]

Not _all_

[@fransschreuders8488]

He's anonymous until he tells them where to send the check

[@francescodesirello2807]

Art should stay in museums.

[@Mirakuruuu]

When you're too rich you thought you're buying something very expensive but you didnt realize you're just being scammed from something that is just a $100

[@catgamerzxd]

Banksy needs to add flamethrower in the frame

[@aozorafreak]

Once the painting is sold (again) he would shred it all out

[@janicehayashibara5271]

If Leonardo De Vinci saw “modern paintings “ he would be shaking his head in disgust 😂

[@flashpromo15]

I beg to differ I think he’ll be just as amazed

[@Saboguin]

Banksy: You weren’t supposed to do that!

[@ChixelROBLOX]

*"Mission failed successfully"*

[@ThePowerOfTheD]

The things people call art! 🤣🤣 Guy even said it was a prank!

[@Pasadena14]

Brilliant!! Absolutely beautiful! He should be teaching marketing at Kellogg

[@markinnes4264]

This time after it sells for 5 Million... it bursts into flames.

[@madbio3409]

Why does it feel i have seen this video... Did I woke up in the past?

[@george.a7364]

Believe me I love art but 5 million for that painting! what a world we live in...

[@Long_Dong_Chong]

After this auction it will burst into flames and the ensuing pile of ashes will sell for 10 million.

[@randyangel9412]

Bruh they knew what they where doing when they shred it

[@babe201]

Banksy had to have been in that auction room to detonate it because no way could it have been shredded at such a perfect timing with just a timer.

[@andrewmarthie5062]

He should’ve fully shredded it, so it couldn’t be sold as one piece for an even higher price

[@Supposedlyimrightwingnow]

Picture frame be like " and for my next trick i will now slice across the paper" now that would be brilliant.

[@KLSGAdlksahisahsdjk]

Imagine he faked the machine breaking half way knowing it will be resold just to shred it again 3 years later