Banksy's shredded art stunt is a beautiful meme now

2025-04-24 22:46:54    

Banksy trolled the art world, and the internet is running with it.

The enigmatic street artist pulled off an incredible stunt last weekend, giving a giant metaphorical middle finger to the art world. As soon as his painting, "Girl With Balloon," was auctioned off for a whopping $1.4 million, the artwork began to shred itself.

It's glorious.

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Since then, people have been editing various images into Banksy's shredding frame, from driver's licenses to French fries.

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Some renditions got political.

Banksy's prank coincided with Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation, and people quickly compared it to the destruction of democracy.

One person cleverly used a video to make a point about climate change.

What will Banksy do next? Whatever he pulls off, at least you'll know that Twitter will be there to meme it.


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