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2019-10-04T09:10:33.176Z
Street artist Banksy's satirical painting Devolved Parliament was sold Thursday at the Sothebys auction house, and went for a record sum: £ 9.8 million. The equivalent of around SEK 120 million. A work by Banksy has never been sold for so much money, and thus he sells himself to the ranks of the most lucrative artists in the world.
- The picture is relevant not only in the UK but also in Europe and in the rest of the world. We see one of the oldest democracies moving towards more animal behavior, says the auction house Sotheby's head of modern art, Alex Branczik.
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