Bancksy: not only art
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This about sums up the early part of the year(and the past couple years) in regards to street art and its hype-driven market. The latter part of the year, well… Nick Walker in the Guardian:
The Year in the Street Art Market
“Here our favorite artists and players in the art world tell us who and what they care about now and why, and by doing so, give us much to think about in the wider community of ideas and sensibilities that ultimately bind us together. Terence Koh and Cecily Brown talk about sex and sexuality in art; the inimitable Tauba Auerbach writes a passage of scientific genius; Shepard Fairey visits the increasingly provocative and populated terrain of political art; and more — RoseLee Goldberg on Performance Art, Anne Pasternak on public art, Mark Tribe considers the world of digital art and representation, James Fuentes interviews Rob Pruitt on humor, Michael Nevin explores his love of drawing, Shirin Neshat addresses feelings of exile, and Marc Schiller talks art and commerce by revisiting his earlier thoughts on “The Banksy Effect.”"
Paper Mag’s For The Love of Art
banksy doubles the value of a sh!ty pub
The Whitehouse pub in Liverpool is on the market for £495,000, but the 20ft-high rat – thought to be Banksy’s biggest work of art – could see the pub sell for £1m. Read more about the story here .
In the dark: Joan Collins believed she had met the real Banksy, but she was duped by an actor
When Joan Collins THOUGHT she'd met Banksy: The elaborate plot t