Does Banksy Sell His Art?

Who is Banksy? You've probably heard about this artistic genius (or, if you prefer, a law-breaking vandal). Anyway, he’s one of the most famous street artists in the world. His works attract tons of public attention. Let’s try to find out who the man behind Dismaland and instantly recognizable graffiti worldwide really is.
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TIMESTAMPS:
Who is Banksy? The most likely candidates 0:23
The most famous early work of Banksy 1:32
How Banksy looked like in 2003 1:52
How does he make his living? 2:28
Half a million dollars for a Banksy's mural? 2:37
Why Banksy hasn’t seen a cent from selling “Slave Labour“? 3:46
What Banksy's trying to tell us (and his weird way to do that) 5:12
The most famous owners of Banksy's prints 6:12
How Banksy replaced the Queen with Princess Diana 7:17
Banksy at the 2011 Oscar 7:38
Preview photo credit:
The Art of Banksy, Miami Florida, December 20, 2018: By Ron Elkman/USA TODAY NETWORK/Sipa USA/East News,
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Music by Epidemic Sound
SUMMARY:
- Most people believe his real name is Robin Gunningham, a man born on July 28, 1973 in Yate, not far from Bristol, UK.
- There are also rumors that Banksy is actually the frontman of the English band Massive Attack, and his real name is Robert Del Naja, also known as 3D.
- Probably the most famous early work of Banksy’s was The Mild Mild West, which he created in 1999. But it was actually vandalized by an anti-graffiti organization called Appropriate Media when they threw red paint on it in 2009.
- A good example of how a mural can actually be sold is the story with his famous work Kissing Coppers. It was created on a wall of Brighton’s Prince Albert Pub in 2004 and sold to an anonymous US buyer through an auction in 2011.
- One of Banksy’s biggest messages that he sends through his art is a criticism of commercialism.
- Even though Banksy believes selling his work through commercial art galleries would be a failure for a graffiti artist, he does get some cash thanks to his talent and fame.
- Banksy used to make money through a Bristol-based dealer called Pictures on Walls that existed from 2003 to 2017.
- Banksy is also the author of a super successful book “Wall and Piece” that came out in 2005 and remained a bestseller among art books for several years.
- He was also the director of Exit Through the Gift Shop, a documentary that got an Academy Award nomination in 2011 and gathered over $5 million at the box office.
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