It costs only 150k? Pay the man. Its public art. Its art, and a damn sight better than the advertisements, wait... are you comparing art to ads? Get the ads to pay for the art? This article is merely government propiganda. Oh Charles... wake up! Knight Banksy noe..
Banksy works cost public almost £150k
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#32Well, prosecute him for vandalism then to recoup the costs?
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#33They could do nothing and just let the art exist for free.
Not free, at the cost of the beauty of the vandalized area
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#34Why does it take 85k to remove it from the wall? I'm pretty sure it doesn't cost that much. There is some ridiculous government inefficiency or embezzling happening or some kind of learned helplessness or malicious compliance. Just go, wash it off and done.
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#35The 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!
Oh the irony. Oh my.
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#36"Think of the money!" This mentality needs to go extinct. Along with billionaires.
A multi-millionaire artist costs society £150k in damages and you are OK with that? Why doesn’t the artist pay for the cleanup and removal? They have more than enough money.
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#37Why does it take 85k to remove it from the wall? I'm pretty sure it doesn't cost that much. There is some ridiculous government inefficiency or embezzling happening or some kind of learned helplessness or malicious compliance. Just go, wash it off and done.
This isn’t an American building where you buy a couple of two-by-fours and some plastic siding from Home Depot. It’s a historical building made out of stone.
Re: Banksy works cost public almost £150k
#38Why does it take 85k to remove it from the wall? I'm pretty sure it doesn't cost that much. There is some ridiculous government inefficiency or embezzling happening or some kind of learned helplessness or malicious compliance. Just go, wash it off and done.
Rediculous government ineffiency is multiple redundancies. Just government. They could replace it with another commissioned Banksy for half of that.
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#39> 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.
How in the world do you spend £50k to remove a graffiti?
Re: Banksy works cost public almost £150k
#40Why does it take 85k to remove it from the wall? I'm pretty sure it doesn't cost that much. There is some ridiculous government inefficiency or embezzling happening or some kind of learned helplessness or malicious compliance. Just go, wash it off and done.
This isn’t an American building where you buy a couple of two-by-fours and some plastic siding from Home Depot. It’s a historical building made out of stone.
You think a stone building is hard to clean with a Kärcher?