In the summer of 2008, I saw an article in the LA Weekly about a massive street art show mounting in L.A. named Life is Beautiful. On the outset the show seemed ambitiously cool. The ...

LONDON (AP) — Art prankster Banksy has struck again. A work by the elusive street artist self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments after being sold for 1.04 million pounds ...

Reporting from London — The U.K. street artist Banksy is no stranger to provocation. But on Friday, his antagonistic streak reached beyond his painting and into its frame. At a London Sotheby’s ...

When the British street artist Banksy shredded his Girl with Balloon after it was purchased for $1.4 million at Sotheby’s, did he know how the art world would react? Did he anticipate that the critics ...

The art world can’t stop talking about Banksy’s latest prank, shredding one of his own artworks moments after it hammered down for $1.3 million at Sotheby’s London. (We can’t either! But only because ...

Works by Banksy, that notorious art-world prankster, will pop up in Minneapolis in May. An unauthorized show, "The Art of Banksy," will feature more than 100 of the famously anonymous artist's ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Banksy, the elusive British street artist, branched out into movies last ...

In a photo provided by Sotheby's, the moment when Banksy's Girl With Balloon was destroyed by a remote-control shredder, at Sotheby's. The British street artist ...