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> Score one for Banksy, though there are many other ways he could have protested if they wanted to make the point without benefiting financially from the protes
by radarsat1 8y ago
> Score one for Banksy, though there are many other ways he could have protested if they wanted to make the point without benefiting financially from the protest.
How did Banksy profit from this? The value went up after the sale..
The only other point in the article that I disagree on is the part about why Banksy's piece was auctioned last. He compares it to the random chance of being last and says that it is very very unlikely that it would randomly be last. As if the order is_ ever random in an auction. Obviously we need to know about the other pieces in the auction. Maybe the Banksy piece was last because it was expected to sell for the most, nothing to do with any gimmicks. Asserting that it's either "on purpose" or "completely random" is a bit silly, there's clearly something in-between.
- lisper 8y ago> How did Banksy profit from this? He got his name in all the papers.
- stinky613 8y agoHow does he profit from that?
- 20181005 8y agoThe increase in Banksy's cultural cachet means that his next pieces sold at auction will likely be valued much higher than they would have been if this had not been in all the papers. I can't say it's not a brilliant piece of art. It's quite similar to Duchamp's ready-mades[1] in that it's a critique of art itself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)[1]
- maxxxxx 8y agoHia other stuff will sell for more because his name is better known? There is almost always profit to be made from being in the news.
- gregoriol 8y agoIt's called PR
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- minikomi 8y agoHe bought it by proxy.
- bunderbunder 8y agoThat might be the profit in and of itself. I bet Thomas Pynchon isn't just in it for the money. He probably likes the idea of people enjoying his books, too.
- lawlessone 8y ago>He got his name in all the papers. That's really great for up and coming artist.. Banksy..
- dave_sid 8y agoIf anyone’s upset about it being destroyed, I’m offering to draw new copies for 1 pound per piece. 5 for 4 pounds. For an extra 50p, I’ll even shred each one in a pretentious manner.
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- gmjoe 8y agoThe art world is mostly about building your reputation to increase the value of future works you make.