Watch Banksy's $1.4 million painting 'self-destruct'

The painting "Girl with a Balloon" by famed artist Banksy was ripped to shreds immediately after it sold for $1.4 million at a London auction house.

[kvn]

Damn... That buyer made money already in seconds after the purchase.

[DBMe]

This is an ABSOLUTELY PERFECT PRANK on the elite art world know-it-alls.

[HunterStarks]

this is good shit. Banksy should have the respect of every artist in the world.

[peniparker]

That "STUNT" just doubled the value of that artwork

[beyondhuman]

The look on all their faces as they saw the painting slowly being destroyed before their very eyes was priceless, hope Banksy does it again.

[darlenelaski]

So, on the bright side, an artist doesn't have to die first anymore to appreciate the value of his/her work.

[henryfoolman]

Ok. Got it. I too think that it's ridiculous to sell this piece of paper for 1.4 Mio$ for it. It seems that BANKSY wanted to hold up the mirror to self reflect the hypocrisy of the wealthy establishment which drive prices of "art" to such high levels. I like the trolly BANKSY art and hope, that contemporary art will get the attention it deserves !

[link]

This kind of reminds me of like a Bart Simpson prank where you would replace the frame with a built-in Shredder

[uno]

I use to hate how bansky never got money from most his work and it felt like they were stealing off his name so this piece and stunt is beautiful makes me feel good knowing he's no longer allowing it

[demarcushays]

Those fake laughs and the uncomfortable communication that they're having is the true art.

[HunterStarks]

scanning through the comments, i was hoping to have a fun discussion about how interesting the art world is. but i was clearly mistaken. the majority of people here just want to hate on CNN. I mean if you want to do that. thats fine. freedom of speech of whatever. but it would have been nice to see somewhere there would be a place for civil conversation. hopefully one of the art channels i follow will make a video about it.

[jamespondy]

It's going to be more valuable.
It was clearly planned, as the auction house didn't miss a beat when it started shredding.
It was a good moment.

[_cal]

3:33 "I can't tell which one is behind me" bc its a green screen

[actionhiro]

Is that what happened to over 1, 000.000 of Kavanaugh White House documents too.

[oo-wkhh]

Banksy made that buyer like the girl in his work.
he made the buyer a protagonist in his work.

[gayboipooter]

I've purchased a banksy piece, it ripped my eyes out while beeping furiously at me last week when I put it on eBay. Brilliant art!

[GensSancta]

That moment visual art morphs into performance art. Fucking brilliant! :)

[NPC]

"We will not be bought". Value immediately goes up after being shredded. So is this great marketing?

[josephhammerschmidt]

I feel like this guys alternate personality is banksy. He seemed way to quick to answer questions with detailed responses about banksys feelings towards things.

[kevinskiles]

Will it be displayed hanging half out of the frame?