This made me laugh out loud https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...-leaves-art-world-in-shreds-girl-with-balloon
I used to live in Bristol back in the early 2000s. Great to walk around and discover his art. Actually the whole place had a better quality of graffiti, competition really does improve the quality, even for vandalism.
It's a great stunt. Takes the painting and leaves his heart. I see experts say the painting is now worth more than when it was complete and record breaking.
Guy is a genius, obviously... who would've thought it would shred only HALF.... that's an art in itself
I think the shredding stopped half way through - probably a dead battery. My first thought was "well is the sale still valid?".
I thought that halfway point was where he wanted to stop. Leaving that heart there was a happy accident if not intended.
Lol some people are to stupid to own art https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/offb...-in-value-it-went-completely-wrong/ar-BBObj66
What I don’t understand, how did Sotheby’s authenticate it as genuine, without taking it out of the frame?
So why does the shredded portion look a different colour from the unshredded part? To me it looks like there's 2 paintings, one shredded and one normal? So they may be able to do this trick repeatedly?
I feel bad for the art curator who is going to have to deal with this - how can they preserve this work without changing the presentation, which is part of the original artist's intent?