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Re:Couple May Need to Pay $250k to Have Banksy Mural Removed... by civilized on Sunday May 28, 2023 @01:13AM (#36101355)
The real villain here seems to be UK law and local busybodies. I don't think Banksy meant for people to make such a big deal over his graffiti, let alone force random people to pay thru the nose for its preservation.
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Re:Couple May Need to Pay $250k to Have Banksy Mural Removed... by ndsipa_pomu on Sunday May 28, 2023 @09:54AM (#36104006)
> I don't think Banksy meant for people to make such a big deal over his graffiti, let alone force random people to pay thru the nose for its preservation.

His painting shredder piece suggests that he's specifically making the point that his art is temporary and that ties in with his general graffiti style. If he wanted it to be easy for people to buy and sell his art, he'd do it on something a bit more portable than the side of a house. A lot of his art around Bristol (where I live and Banksy's home town) is very much designed for the public to enjoy rather than to be traded.

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