Banksy partially shredded one of his paintings after it was auctioned in 2018.- The half-shredded
painting may go for up to $7.13 million. The winning bid in 2018 was $1.3 million. - The painting, "Girl with Balloon," went through a secret shredder installed inside the bottom edge of the frame.
A Banksy painting that was partially - and unexpectedly - shredded in 2018 may go for almost six times its original price when it's auctioned again this October, Bloomberg reported.
The original painting, titled "Girl With Balloon," was sent through a secret shredder hidden in the painting's large frame after the
Now re-titled "Love is in the Bin," the bottom half of the painting is shredded in vertical strips, and only the red, heart-shaped balloon is visible in the frame. When "Love is in the Bin" returns to the
The moment of the partial shredding was captured on video, and quickly made headlines as the audience was caught off guard.
"It appears we just got Banksy-ed," Alex Branczik, senior director and head of contemporary
Banksy is an anonymous, England-based artist known for his
"A few years ago I secretly built a shredder into a painting," the caption read. "In case it was ever put up for auction..."