Banksy painting of chimps in House of Commons described as ‘more pertinent than ever’ amid Brexit chaos

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A Banksy painting that shows the House of Commons occupied by chimpanzees is expected to fetch up to £2 million at auction in October.

Devoted Parliament depicts MPs as chimps in the middle of a Commons session, and at 13-feet is the artist’s largest-known work on canvas. It carries the inscription: “Laugh now, but one day we’ll be in charge.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-...mmons-auction-sale-brexit-chaos-a9111671.html

 

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[Urist]

wow, the man is talented, thought all he did was stencil stuff.

 

[Temujin]

Pretty sure the last time this image popped up 'racist' was all the rage on here

 

[Cray]

Which one is Boris?

 

[Gordon_R]

Sold for way more than expected: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-49924281

A painting by Banksy showing the House of Commons overrun with chimpanzees has sold at auction for just under £9.9m.

The 4m (13ft) wide artwork Devolved Parliament was painted by the anonymous Bristol artist in 2009.

Expected to fetch between £1.5m and £2m, it sold for nearly five times its estimate at Sotheby's in London.

Banksy reacted on Instagram, saying it was a "record price for a Banksy painting" and "shame I didn't still own it".

Sotheby's tweeted the painting had sold "to applause at £9,879,500 - nine times its previous record - after a 13 minute bidding battle".

 

[VooDooC]

If someone paints something like this in South Africa all hell would break loose.