Posted on September 23, 2008 by Nick Darcy-Fox
Seems like the art-graffiti showdown is upon us as Pest Control, the Banksy-backed authentication body set up by Steve Lazarides of Lazarides gallery is attempting to get Vermin’s street art Banksy’s removed from the Lyon & Turnbull Contemporary artauction, set to start viewings on Thursday this week in Marlebone.
The Telegraph has a update on the controversial auction:
“The [...]
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Posted on September 4, 2008 by Nick Darcy-Fox
Artnet have a very interesting article on the companies formed around providing some credibility (note, not authenticity) around street art and more specifically Banksy’s work.
The first is Pest Control, which is loosely based around Lazarides gallery.
This in itself isn’t very surprising as it is the largest distributor of Banksy artwork and prints and [...]
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