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The Specialist | The Untold Story of the Shredded Banksy, with Alex Branczik

· 12 min · Episode 3252

Episode The Specialist | The Untold Story of the Shredded Banksy, with Alex Branczik

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This is an episode of The Specialist, produced by Intelligence Squared in partnership with Sotheby's. In The Specialist, explore the significance and journey of an extraordinary work through the eyes of those that know it best.

The shredding of Banksy’s Girl with Balloon live at auction in 2018 has gone down in art history. Alex Branczik, Chairman and Head of Modern & Contemporary Art Europe and Asia, reveals how Sotheby’s navigated the newly titled Love is in the Bin through a media storm and into a new market moment.

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