<story><title>Myth Busting Banksy</title><url>https://www.artnome.com/news/2018/10/6/myth-busting-banksy</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mrleiter</author><text>I wonder, like mentioned elsewhere in the art community, if this stunt will have the opposite assumed effect: that the artwork will be more valuable now than it was before. Since now it is a &amp;quot;double-Banksy&amp;quot; in a sense. And if others and I can think of that outcome, most definitely so can Banksy. And maybe that is the real critique of the artworld:&lt;p&gt;That even if you destroy the art, the destroyed art is still worth millions. Simply because the art has detached itself from its meaning and origin, and has tilted towards who made the art.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jansan</author><text>If I was an art collector I would pay much more for the artwork now, for the simple reasons that&lt;p&gt;1. The girl with a balloon print was not the only one of its kind. There are other variations. It was not so unique before.&lt;p&gt;2. This is the only one, the first one, even the first (prominent?) artwork that &amp;quot;destroyed itself&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;3. It is still an artwork. It did not destroy itself completely, but stopped in the middle of the destruction process. Doesn&amp;#x27;t it look great now, sticking only half outside the frame? Any museum of contemporary art would die for having this. And only this, not a similar one or the next one that destroys itself.</text></comment>
<story><title>Myth Busting Banksy</title><url>https://www.artnome.com/news/2018/10/6/myth-busting-banksy</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mrleiter</author><text>I wonder, like mentioned elsewhere in the art community, if this stunt will have the opposite assumed effect: that the artwork will be more valuable now than it was before. Since now it is a &amp;quot;double-Banksy&amp;quot; in a sense. And if others and I can think of that outcome, most definitely so can Banksy. And maybe that is the real critique of the artworld:&lt;p&gt;That even if you destroy the art, the destroyed art is still worth millions. Simply because the art has detached itself from its meaning and origin, and has tilted towards who made the art.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rhplus</author><text>The Banksy art incubator just came up with a novel strategy for maximizing exposure of a startup artwork. MAU metric through the roof before IPO. Early investors very happy.</text></comment>