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Munich's Galerie Kronsbein to Stage Banksy'sFirst Solo Show in Germany

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Banksy Kate, London (2005).Photo: Courtesy of Galerie Kronsbein, Munich.

Presenting the first comprehensive survey of Banksy's work in Germany,

Munich-based Galerie Kronsbein's upcoming exhibition "Banksy King of

Urban Art" will showcase originals and editions by the mysterious and

celebrated British street artist.

Opening on April 14 and gathering over 40 works, the show will include

highlights such as Banksy's Gangster Rat and Paparazzi Rat stencils, as

well as his homage to the great street art pioneer Keith Haring. Also on

view will be two original versions of Toxic Mary, which depict the Virgin

Mary feeding baby Jesus with toxic fluid.

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Other well-known originals such as Balloon Girl and Heavy Weapons will

also be on display at the exhibition in southern Germany, and visitors and

collectors can also look forward to seeing Banksy's portrait of super

model Kate Moss à la Andy Warhol in the flesh.

Banksy Girl With Balloon (2004).Photo: Courtesy of Galerie Kronsbein, Munich.

“Banksy is the Andy Warhol of urban art," gallery director Sarah Kronsbein

told artnet News in a telephone conversation. “He's responsible for

establishing urban art in art history. “We want to show a cross-section of

his work, and show key pieces that guide the viewer through Banksy's

world," she added.

The Munich exhibition will be of particular interest to German collectors

and street art enthusiasts, since Germany's last remaining Banksy mural

was destroyed by vandals in Hamburg in February 2015.

Banksy has built a reputation for his witty and ironic comments on social

injustice and contemporary society, completing a seemingly seamless

transition from illegal graffiti vandal to contemporary art darling.

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Banksy, Paparazzi Rat.Photo: Courtesy of Galerie Kronsbein, Munich.

Indeed, nobody straddles art market legitimacy and street credibility quite

like the anonymous British artist. Banksy carefully maintains his street

credibility by tirelessly pursuing his original guerrilla vocation. Recent

examples include Banksy's stencil-based comments on the ongoing

European refugee crisis, which popped up in “the jungle" refugee camp in

Calais, northern France, and in London.

Meanwhile, the air of mystery around the artist only increases his market

price. Rare original works can fetch up to six figures at auction, and now

German collectors have the opportunity to get their hands on his works in

their home country.

"Banksy King of Urban Art" will be on view at Galerie Kronsbein, Munich,

from April 14-September 10, 2016.

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Untit led Art Fair to Expand Its Reach to SanFrancisco In 2017

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Untitled Art Fair has announced that it is expanding to San Francisco. The

fair's inaugural edition is scheduled to take place from January 12—15,

2017.

Organizers have already earmarked a site at the city's Pier 70 in the arts

district of the city's Dogpatch neighborhood; the area is currently home to

1275 Minnesota Street, which will host Anton Kern and Andrew Kreps' pop-

up gallery space this May.

According to ArtInfo, Untitled San Francisco will operate on a smaller,

more intimate scale than its Miami-based fair, at least in the beginning.

The first edition is set to include 40 to 60 participants in order to focus on

quality and to test the interest of a market that is still emerging.

Three art fairs are now vying for the tech-wealthy Bay Area collectors.Photo: Wikimedia Commons

According to a statement from Untitled, the San Francisco-based fair will

be a “long-term platform" that plans to "contribute to and grow alongside

of the pioneering community in the Bay Area." This community, the press

release states, involves "health care, bio-tech, high-tech, real estate,

finance, venture capital and NGOs."

The Bay Area is viewed as a market with strong potential for growth due

to the high concentration of wealth in nearby Silicon Valley, and Untitled

is the latest art organization seeking to be the latest fish in the pond.

Pace Gallery already has spaces in Palo Alto and Menlo Park, while dealers

Larry Gagosian and John Berggruen recently announced that they will

open new branches across from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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Untitled faces competition from rival fairs Art Silicon Valley, and Silicon

Valley Contemporary, but fair organizers remain confident. Meanwhile, a

number of institutions are adding to the Bay Area's appeal: the San

Francisco Museum of Modern Art's extensive $610 million

redevelopment will be revealed May 14, while the Berkeley Art Museum

and the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco—which recently announced

Max Hollein as its new director—remain on the radar.

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Expert Says Dilapidated Banksy Mural 'Spy Booth'is Worthless

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The art dealer and Banksy specialist Robin Barton, who previously valued

the anonymous British street artist's mural Spy Booth (2014) at £1 million

($1.4 million) has lowered its valuation to zero.

The mural, picturing trench coat-wearing detectives holding listening

devices near a BT telephone box, appeared in Cheltenham, England in

April 2014. The artwork—located near the UK intelligence headquarters

GCHQ—popped up in the wake of whistleblower Edward Snowden's

revelations of the NSA's controversial surveillance tactics.

After Banksy confirmed that it was in fact his handiwork, reports emerged

that the property's landlord had sold the piece. (The owner which was

subsequently denied such allegations). Local residents banded together

to save the mural for the community, with the local council eventually

stepping in to block its removal on the basis of the home having Grade II

listed status.

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In a report commissioned by the local council and and property owner,

Barton wrote, "It is my professional opinion that the dilapidated state of

the mural and the listed status of the flank wall that the work has been

applied to has resulted in the work having no cable commercial value."

He explained, "This assessment is based on more than ten years of

experience working with and successfully marketing similarly difficult

works by this artist."

Since appearing two years ago the mural has been vandalized not once,

but twice, and has been punctured with large holes.

Located close to UK's intelligence headquarters GCHQ, the mural criticizedinternational surveillance tactics.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The owner David Possee told the Mirror that plans are in place to restore

the property and the mural. “The first is to renovate the property myself

and the second is to offer it to local businessman Hekmat Kaveh, who has

made me an offer to purchase the property and restore the Banksy for the

benefit of Cheltenham."

The property was put on the market in January for £210,000 ($306,000)

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after Possee claimed that the mural "caused me signifiant financial

problems," because the artwork prevented him from conducting

necessary repairs to the house.

In the sale listing the property is advertised as "a rare opportunity to

acquire a Grade II listed, Victorian, three bedroom end terrace property

with a genuine 'Banksy' on the gable wall." However it also states that the

house will need a "comprehensive schedule of refurbishment."

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