Banksy's Shredded Painting Sells for Record $25.4 Million

Shredding this Banksy painting couldn't devalue it. In fact, it just fetched the artist's highest selling price yet: $25.4 million. Back in 2018, Banksy's "Girl with Balloon" was shredded during a live auction at Sotheby's just after the gavel came down selling it for $1.4 million. It was a stunt years in the making as the anonymous artist built a shredder into the frame and waited for the perfect time to activate it. Inside Edition Digital's Mara Montalbano has more.

[swift]

Critics: "This is extraordinary!"
Banksy: *destroys painting*
Critics: "This is extraordinary!"

[RuffieLego]

Who knew a broken painting was worth more than one in good condition.

[MONi_LALA]

Banksy just wanna prove that the auction world is just a joke.

[KA-ywzj]

This goes to prove that the world of fine art is a joke and just a way of money laundering

[elainebines]

Banksy is proving, the world's gone mad. That will be the next painting, Mark my words 🎨🤣

[slewter]

It boggles my mind how some people can have so much money, but so little common sense

[xelaedits]

gets burned and turned to ashes
pile of ashes: *exists*
critics: "This is extraordinary"

[crystaleana]

The only bad part about this is that banksy doesn't see any of that money.

[FernandoSantos-rrkw]

The real question is: when will the art world know that art is subjective?

[greengabe]

Think about how simple the art is and how we know nothing about Banksy. It’s the perfect front for money laundering

[AttilatheThrilla]

This just proves Banksy’s point even more 😕

[raymondamoroso]

I'll never understand why art like this fetches such a high price

[BoltRM]

"If someone nails two pieces of wood together, that have never been nailed that way before, some schmuck will buy it." ~ George Carlin

[domocracydestroyer]

Me in art class at school:
Me: paints a great painting
Teacher: B+!
Me: punches a hole into the middle of the painting
Teacher: A+!

[mar-k]

There must’ve been a moment right after it was sold this time where everyone held their breaths and stared at the art intensely 👀

[captaintryhard]

This whole stunt might have to be my favorite work of art they've done. Couldn't believe it was real.

[Abyssal]

This guy is a legend! Putting a shredder in a frame is just genius! 😂

[KaliMaaaaa]

This is what happens once "art" started getting corporatized in the 70s. It is one of the greatest ways corporate criminals and others of their ilk launder money thru making meaningless junk about investment instead of content and quality.

[The_Gory]

The seller and the buyers knows each other, don't fall for it, you're the target

[mnm]

Whoever did the stunt is the master of pranks. See people's reactions to your art being shredded and raise its value. Win-win 😎