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Controversial British graffiti work up for sale again

Agence France-PresseMay 13, 2013 11:07
A work by renowned British graffiti artist Banksy that was withdrawn from a controversial auction is being put up for sale again in London, auctioneers said Saturday. The mural, called 'Slave Labour', mysteriously vanished from its original site on a wall in north London in February before appearing on an auction list in Miami later that month.

Controversial British graffiti work up for sale again

Agence France-PresseMay 13, 2013 08:01
A work by renowned British graffiti artist Banksy that was withdrawn from a controversial US auction is being put up for sale again in London, auctioneers said Saturday. The mural, called 'Slave Labour', mysteriously vanished from its original site on a wall in north London in February before appearing on an auction list in Miami later that month.

Controversial British graffiti work up for sale again

Agence France-PresseMay 13, 2013 08:00
A work by renowned British graffiti artist Banksy that was withdrawn from a controversial US auction is being put up for sale again in London, auctioneers said Saturday. The mural, called 'Slave Labour', mysteriously vanished from its original site on a wall in north London in February before appearing on an auction list in Miami later that month.

Controversial British graffiti work up for sale again

Agence France-PresseMay 13, 2013 07:47
A work by renowned British graffiti artist Banksy that was withdrawn from a controversial US auction is being put up for sale again in London, auctioneers said Saturday. The mural, called 'Slave Labour', mysteriously vanished from its original site on a wall in north London in February before appearing on an auction list in Miami later that month.

Controversial British graffiti work up for sale again

Agence France-PresseMay 13, 2013 07:46
A work by renowned British graffiti artist Banksy that was withdrawn from a controversial US auction is being put up for sale again in London, auctioneers said Saturday. The mural, called 'Slave Labour', mysteriously vanished from its original site on a wall in north London in February before appearing on an auction list in Miami later that month.

Controversial British graffiti work up for sale again

Agence France-PresseMay 11, 2013 20:30
A work by renowned British graffiti artist Banksy that was withdrawn from a controversial US auction is being put up for sale again in London, auctioneers said Saturday. The mural, called 'Slave Labour', mysteriously vanished from its original site on a wall in north London in February before appearing on an auction list in Miami later that month.

Banksy street murals pulled from Miami auction after controversy

February 23, 2013 23:15
By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Two spray-paint murals by the elusive street artist Banksy, including one that vanished last week from a North London wall, were pulled in the 11th hour from a Miami auction on Saturday. Who owns the London mural remains a mystery, as does how it ended up in a Miami auction house shortly after going missing.

Banksy graffiti work pulled from US sale: council

February 23, 2013 21:31
Artwork by British graffiti artist Banksy which appeared listed for auction in the US after disappearing from a London wall earlier this month has been withdrawn from sale, a council official said Sunday. The mural is of a boy making Union Jack bunting on a sewing machine, an apparent comment on sweat-shop labour. It first appeared last May on the wall of a north London outlet of thrift store Poundland shortly before the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Missing Banksy street mural up for auction in Miami

February 19, 2013 15:30
* Mural by Banksy was painted in 2012 * It was removed from a wall in North London last week * Now on sale in Miami for $500,000 to $700,000 By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A mural by famed street artist Banksy is up for sale at a Miami auction house after the work, and a chunk of the North London wall it was spray-painted on, vanished late last week.

Graffiti tours turn London into an open-air museum

February 8, 2013 01:15
Far from London's beaten tourist track, a group of visitors is staring keenly at the graffiti-covered gates to an abandoned construction site. Their guide, Karim Samuels, points out the black-and-white images of two young faces, and behind them, a piece of street art by Britain's most famous and enigmatic street artist, Banksy. Welcome to Shoreditch, an edgy district in the east of the capital where flocks of art lovers are ditching the National Gallery for an urban adventure.
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