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AP®︎/College Art History

Course: AP®︎/College Art History > Unit 1

Lesson 8: Current issues in art history

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Behind the Banksy Stunt

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I would like to know what Banksy thinks of the buyer of the shredded work profiting from Banksy's stunt. (?) It is after all a critique of profit from art auctions.
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