Banksy's gift painting

In May last year, well-known artist - Banksy delivered his painting "Game Changer" to Southapmton general hospital as a way to say thank you to the NHS for their help during pandemic. It shows a young boy leaving his figures of Batman and Spider-Man in bin and instead of them playing with a figure of a caped superhero nurse. The work was sold at Christie's for £16.17m. That's a new record set for Banky's paintings. Also Christie's said that proceeds from this acution would be used to help and support health organisations across UK, which enchance the care provided by NHS.


    



I think that first of all it is so kind of Bansky that he showed his appreciation in such way. This painting carries a very important message, which is that doctors, nurses and all of the hospital staff sacrifice many things during pandemic, sometimes even their own life to help others. Some people say that his paintings are overated and people who wanted to buy this one went a little bit crazy with the prize they wanted to pay, but in my opinion what matters is that, because of the fact that they paid it, now NHS will get milions of dollars from its proceeds. 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/mar/23/banksys-nhs-covid-gift-superhero-nurse-sold-for-record-167m

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  1. englishdiary24 marca 2021 00:27

    I love Banksy in spite of the hype around him. Ha has on many occasions made very insightful comments on political and social issues with his art. Keep working, Banksy!

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