A Bristol youth club, on the verge of closure, will survive after receiving a donation from the sale of a Banksy painting found outside the premises on a chunk of wood – after the piece sold for £403,000 at auction earlier this week.
‘Mobile Lovers’, a painting showing two lovers staring intently into their mobiles, instead of each others’ eyes, was found by the youth club’s owner Dennis Stinchcombe, MBE, in April.
It was then seized by police, at the behest of Bristol Council which disputed Stinchcombe’s ownership – claiming he stole it from a public space.
Street-artist Banksy settled the dispute telling Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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