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Banksy works cost public almost £150k

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Re: Banksy works cost public almost £150k

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Post by DroneBetter »

FatalLogic wrote: post #9

Original art by Banksy is reportedly valued at millions of £ or $ [0] The BBC says "Banksy works cost public almost £150k" because "The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) says it has spent £50,000 trying to remove paint from the wall of the Grade II-listed building in Carey Street." Therefore, the title is incorrect. The cost to the public is much more than £150k. The Ministry's damage to this freely-contributed artwork has p…

you mean... as opposed to removing the bricks with the art on them to auction off and replacing them with new bricks?

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Post by d4ng »

FatalLogic wrote: post #9

Original art by Banksy is reportedly valued at millions of £ or $ [0] The BBC says "Banksy works cost public almost £150k" because "The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) says it has spent £50,000 trying to remove paint from the wall of the Grade II-listed building in Carey Street." Therefore, the title is incorrect. The cost to the public is much more than £150k. The Ministry's damage to this freely-contributed artwork has p…

Have you considered that the public may be gaining something from the conversations and awareness that arise from the performance of this art? I invite you to move away from evaluating a piece of art simply in terms of the monetary cost to the tax payer.

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Post by ryandrake »

The article's photo of the art barricaded from public view with two security people standing guard in front of it speaks even louder than the original artwork.

And then, further down in the article, the picture of a whole structure built to block the view of the piece, with a locked door. Satire writing itself!

Re: Banksy works cost public almost £150k

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Post by nzoschke »

Technically this is vandalism of a govt building.

If they're so concerned about cost, why not do what you'd do with any other vandal with a spray paint can...

Immediately paint over it with grey paint to neutralize the "blight", then efficiently do a deeper clean / removal / repair the facade.

Seems like they gave the Banksy very special treatment of fence, guards, etc. and now are paying for the side effects of that.

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Post by kmoser »

FatalLogic wrote: post #9

Original art by Banksy is reportedly valued at millions of £ or $ [0] The BBC says "Banksy works cost public almost £150k" because "The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) says it has spent £50,000 trying to remove paint from the wall of the Grade II-listed building in Carey Street." Therefore, the title is incorrect. The cost to the public is much more than £150k. The Ministry's damage to this freely-contributed artwork has p…

The government has appropriated Banksy's artworks (e.g. the police sentry box), and could sell them. If the sale of those artworks exceeds the cost of cleaning others, then the government has netted a profit, which takes the monetary argument off the table.
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