Fancy seeing rare Banksy artwork in Hong Kong – just in case it’s shredded soon?

Nov 19 , 2018

A framed copy of Banksy’s famed ‘Girl with Balloon’ from 2004 was spontaneously shredded during an auction using a mechanical device the artist had hidden in the frame.

A total of 27 works by the elusive artist/vandal including ‘Monkey Poison’ and ‘Girl with Balloon’ will be on display at the Phillips Gallery in Central until December 7

There is no need to comb the streets and alleyways for signs of Banksy as Phillips Auction is rounding up 27 works by the elusive artist/vandal at its selling exhibition ahead of the auction house’s November art sale.

Dubbed ‘Banksy: Who’s Laughing Now?’, the exhibition includes significant works by the artist, as well as never-seen-before pieces.

From now until December 7, prints and unique works will be on display at the Phillips Gallery in Central, where the auction will take place simultaneously with Phillips’ Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art on November 25 at the Mandarin Oriental.

Banksy has created different versions of ‘Avon and Somerset Constabulary’ from 2000 with different coloured backgrounds.

‘Monkey Poison’ from 2004 has been in a private collection and has never been publicly shown before

This is your chance to catch a glimpse of the famed Girl with Balloon.

Who knows, Banksy could be in on another stunt, and you could be witness to the shredding another one of his million dollar works.