News article claiming Banksy’s identity was revealed and discussing potential effects on his artwork’s market value.
Enigmatic street artist Banksy was recently revealed to be a man in his early 50s from Bristol, England. His name is Robin Gunningham, according to a Reuters article based on a police record about the artist in which he signed his own name. The artist half-shredded his best-known work, “Girl with Balloon” during a 2018 auction where the winning bidder paid $1.4 million, as well as spray-painted provocative stenciled images of rats and protesters onto buildings around the world. He has also worked hard to remain anonymous. After sleuthing nearly two decades ago by The Mail on Sunday initially reported…
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