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"Sale of 'stolen' Banksy mural cancelled at 11th hour"

 

This article is called "Sale of 'stolen' Banksy mural cancelled at 11th hour". It discusses the controversial auction of a Banksy mural that disappeared from the wall of a north London. Slave Labour, a spray-painted artwork depicting a child making union flag bunting and seen as a critical social commentary on last year's diamond jubilee, was expected to sell for about $700,000 (£460,000) in a sale of street and contemporary art in Florida. Alan Strickland, a Haringey councillor, wanted their art work was returned and was not sold. Claire Kober, the leader of Haringey council, wrote to Arts Council England and the mayor of Miami, Tomas Regalado, to ask them to intervene to stop the sale but it appears the decision to withdraw the item came from the gallery owners in consultation with their lawyers. The FBI refused to confirm reports they were asked to investigate. Several hours after the conclusion of the auction, the auction house issued a brief statement claiming it had persuaded the owners of the two Banksys to pull them from the sale. There were many problems and critics have accused the auction house of dealing in stolen property but thut insisted earlier in the week that the consignor, who he described as a "well-known collector", was the rightful owner and that the sale was legal. Banksy himself has not commented on the Slave Labour furore, but has previously condemned those who have tried to sell his artwork, speaking out before the proposed sale of five of his pieces at a 2011 auction in New York. None found a buyer. And after lengthy proceedings auction in US halted after Haringey residents campaigned for artwork to be returned to shop it was removed from

I was impressed  by this article very much because I did not know how people in England defended their art works even on the walls of conventional streets.

 

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/feb/23/banksy-missing-mural-auction-stopped