Banksy is scheduled to offer a new work, titled “Girl and Balloon on Found Landscape,” in an invitation-only auction in New York on May 20, according to reporting. The piece is described as a previously unseen work and is expected to attract high bids, with estimates in the sources placing its value around $18 million. Commentators referenced in the coverage compare the work to “Mona Lisa,” a description attributed to critics rather than the artist. The auction is presented as a high-profile, glitzy event, with access limited to invited participants. The sources agree that the work will be put up for sale rather than displayed publicly in connection with the auction announcement. No additional details about the medium, provenance, or the auction house handling the sale are provided in the excerpts. Overall, the reporting centers on the artwork’s impending debut at auction, its anticipated financial impact, and the critical comparisons made ahead of the sale date.
Banksy’s new artwork ‘Girl and Balloon on Found Landscape’ set for New York sale
Banksy is scheduled to offer a new work, titled “Girl and Balloon on Found Landscape,” in an invitation-only auction in New York on May 20, according to reporting. The piece is described as a previous...
- Banksy’s artwork titled “Girl and Balloon on Found Landscape” is set to go to auction.
- The sale is scheduled for May 20 in New York and is described as invitation-only.
- The work is presented as previously unseen.
- Sources estimate its value at around $18 million.
- Critics are said to have compared the piece to “Mona Lisa.”
The artwork, titled Girl and Balloon on Found Landscape, will go under the hammer in a glitzy invitation-only sale in New York on May 20.
3 months agoThe artwork, titled Girl and Balloon on Found Landscape, will go under the hammer in a glitzy invitation-only sale in New York on May 20.
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