This made me laugh really hard! Banksy is in a class of his own - Yatit Thakker - Medium

…this is almost too good to be true — Morons, depicts an illustration of a packed art auction house. A digital display on the auctioneer’s podium shows us the going price — $750,450 — as he points to someone out of frame who is, ostensibly, bidding on the ornately framed canvas that reads, “I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU MORONS ACTUALLY BUY THIS SHIT.” It’s one of Banksy’s most pointed, and least subtle, criticisms of the secondary and speculative ar…

Rich Morons of the Art Market Strike Again

Jennifer Rabin

Mar 14, 2021

This made me laugh really hard! Banksy is in a class of his own

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Written by Yatit Thakker

Renaissance Engineer. Entrepreneur. Passionate about technology, education, and the environment.

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