The instagram clip opens with a shot from a video from the Evening Standard titled, “London underground trains deep cleaned ‘every few days’, the film demonstrates workers in full-on protective gear sanitising carriages in London’s tube amid the Coronavirus pandemic. There is a fleeting glimpse of the artist’s face, in a mask as he works. The footage shows the artist in overalls and a hi-vis jacket, disguised as someone employed to disinfect the carriages. ![]() The reference is to the song Tubthumping by Chumbawamba, the lyrics are “I get knocked down, but I get up again, you’re never gonna keep me down”. The artist left a message to Londoners – ‘I get lockdown, but I get up again’. The video shows the most we’ve ever seen of the illusive Banksy, whilst he seems to usher passengers away while he creates his artwork.‘If you don’t mask – you don’t get’ was the comment below his video on his Instagram profile posted this afternoon.This week Banksy disguised as a member of the London Underground team marked the walls and windows of the carriages with sneezing rats.Banksy’s rats removed by the anti-graffiti teams at TFL within hours, estimated at £7.5 million.Without one, it will be almost impossible to resell the work, as having a certificate is now essential for proving a Banksy artwork is genuine. Banksy’s official authentication body Pest Control does not issue certificates of authenticity for street art, as they were never intended to be sold. It is uncertain whether the “hula-hooping girl” mural can ever be sold again on the secondary market. ![]() According to a BBC article, Banksy’s team had instructed Nottingham city’s rejuvenation board not to move the mural, but the owner of the building nonetheless sold the artwork. Meanwhile, Banksy’s recent mural in Nottingham, known as the “hula-hooping girl”, has sold to an art gallery in Essex for an undisclosed six-figure sum. Protect From All Elements, a unique version of Heavy Weaponry, sold for more than three times its $100,00 high estimate for the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in May 2013. Mediterranean Sea View went for nearly double its £1.2 million high estimate when it sold at Sotheby’s in July 2020 for the Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation. The auction house has estimated Game Changer at £2.5-£3.5 million but, historically, Banksy’s charitable donations have sold for higher than expected. His painting Game Changer, unveiled in May 2020, will be sold at Christie’s in London on 23 March to benefit NHS charities. It was put up for sale in 2019, but Hollywood stars including Sir Kenneth Branagh, Dame Judi Dench and Natalie Dormer have campaigned for the historic building to be preserved.īanksy has a long history of creating or donating artwork for charitable causes. ![]() The prison is owned by the Ministry of Justice and has been derelict since 2013. The Reading Borough Council has taken Banksy’s mural as his support that the prison should be preserved as an arts venue, states an article by the BBC. It has always been Banksy’s intention to offer the artwork at auction to benefit the NHS.Ī reproduction of Game Changer now hangs at University Southampton Hospital. Game Changer is an uncharacteristically poignant work compared to Banksy’s usual, more satirical style – a genuine, heartfelt tribute to the nation’s frontline workers. I hope this brightens the place up a bit, even if it’s only black and white.” Game Changer is a new record and means the NHS stands to benefit to the tune of almost £17m, a truly spectacular result.”īanksy unveiled Game Changer nearly a year ago, when he shipped it to Southampton Hospital in May 2020 as a gift to the staff, along with a note that said: “Thanks for all you’re doing. Our co-founder Ian Syer commented after the sale: “On such a symbolic day of national reflection, we should give thanks to two national treasures, our wonderful NHS for their selfless heroism and Banksy for his enormous generosity and foresight in capturing the nation’s mood, yet again cementing him as the most relevant artist of modern history. Game Changer has become the most expensive Banksy artwork at auction and also the most expensive Banksy artwork sold for a charitable cause. Its sale on 23 March marks exactly one year since the UK’s first national lockdown. ![]() Banksy’s Game Changer sets new auction record and raises £16.8million for NHSĪfter 15 minutes of bidding at Christie’s London saleroom, over the telephones and online, Banksy’s original canvas Game Changer sold for £16,758,000 at Christie’s 20th Century Art Evening Sale in London, with proceeds going to support the wellbeing of University Southampton Hospital staff and patients.
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