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Banksy:artist or vandal?
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank
Under an army watchtower and across the street from the concrete wall Israel has built in parts of the occupied West Bank, street artist Banksy has opened a guesthouse in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem. -
The Banksy effect (2006–2007)
After Christina Aguilera bought an original of Queen Victoria as a lesbian and two prints for £25,000, on 19 October 2006, a set of Kate Moss paintings sold in Sotheby's London for £50,400, setting an auction record for Banksy's work. The six silk-screen prints, featuring the model painted in the style of Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe pictures, sold for five times their estimated value. -
Banksy:Who is he?
When one thinks of graffiti what comes to mind? Some associate graffiti with gangs and vandalism. Others think of graffiti as a unique form of art. Who is right?
