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A rollercoaster year for Banksy as sales soar and activism increases Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Geoff Caddick/AFP/Getty This year may have been one to forget for most people, but for Banksy it has been 12 months in which he has continued a seemingly irrepressible rise from street artist to cultural phenomenon. In September, after six months of uncertainty in the art market as fairs closed and sales slumped, he bucked the trend. Banksy’s impressionist pastiche Show Me the Monet sold for £7.5m at Sotheby’s – £2.5...

'I love Banksy' exhibition staged in Taipei 12/24/2020 08:41 PM Photo taken from banksy.co.uk Taipei, Dec. 24 (CNA) An exhibition featuring the paintings of world famous graffiti artist Banksy will be held at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in downtown Taipei from Dec. 25-April 5, 2021, organizer KHAM Inc. said on Thursday. Banksy's well-known works such as Devolved Parliament, Napalm, Girl with Balloon, and Flower Thrower, will be among the 60 paintings displayed in Taipei, according to KHAM. KHAM thanked Canada-based Starvox Entertainment for making the exhibition possible by helping to borro...