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Is it?
It's either Banksy moving into performance art and shredding the piece in a stunt setup with the knowledge of Sotheby's and possibly the 'buyer'. A stunt which has resulted in a lot of hype for both Banksy and Sotheby's and looks like it's increased the value of the piece, or, it's him actually trying to be subversive by destroying a piece of his work but failing miserably because all he's done is generate himself and Sotheby's a load of exposure and instead of the piece being destroyed, it looks like its increased in value.
Either way, I wouldn't say that any or all of, a high class auction house, someone with £1m to drop on a Banksy or the artist himself, picking up a 'win' is something I need to be celebrating.
I guess if you're a Banksy fan you might disagree with the above enjoy his antics but the way I see it it's probably a played out artist struggling to stay relevant and ultimately playing into the hands of the establishment that I think he'd like us to imagine he doesn't care for and if not then it's just a massive fail at being 'punk'.