Banksy posts video of £1m painting shredding stunt at Sotheby's Auction House

Banksy posts video of £1m painting shredding stunt at Sotheby's

Quoting Picasso on his Instagram, Banksy wrote:

"The urge to destroy is also a creative urge - Picasso."



Banksy has released a video showing how he secretly built a shredder into one of his paintings that self-destructed after it was sold for more than £1m. 

The framed Girl With Balloon, one of the artist's best known works, was auctioned by Sotheby's in London. 

Moments after the piece was sold, the canvas of a girl reaching for a heart-shaped balloon shredded itself. 

Quoting Picasso on his Instagram, Banksy wrote: "The urge to destroy is also a creative urge - Picasso." 

The clip starts with a caption, saying: "A few years ago, I secretly built a shredder into a painting." 

The video then shows someone in a hoodie installing the device, before another caption, saying: "In case it was ever put up for auction." 

The video then shows the moment the painting shredded itself at the auction house on Friday, captured on a mobile phone.

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