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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seBM to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 4 days ago

Banksy works cost public almost £150k

www.bbc.co.uk

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Banksy works cost public almost £150k

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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seBM to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 4 days ago
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Bristol artist Banksy's works cost taxpayers nearly £150k
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FOI requests reveal Banksy artworks have cost taxpayers almost £150,000, with costs still rising.

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  • Marty_TF@lemmy.zip
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    no, removing art has cost the public almso 150 grand. the art is for free

  • Logi
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    Government’s panicked response to Banksy works cost public whatever.

  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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    The art on your building isn’t the real problem here, but it is a big hint

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    No, it hasn’t. The government lies.

    • cecilkorik@piefed.ca
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      The government lies because it is threatened by and desperately ashamed of the truth and has spent way more than hundreds of thousands trying to hide it.

  • the_q@piefed.social
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    Wow… What a title.

  • FauxPseudo
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    It is so nice to see government supporting the arts. Wish we had that in the US.

  • Danarchy@lemmy.nz
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    And once again the artist doesn’t see a dime of that money

    • FauxPseudo
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      Britain doesn’t use dimes. So that’s to be expected.

      • ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        OK, a tuppencequidbithappenny

        • FauxPseudo
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          Sounds bigger when you put it like that.

  • vane
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    Cool, now they own him only 1 999 850 000 pounds for 2023 alone.

    https://www.thenational.scot/news/24607733.glasgow-banksy-world-cycling-help-bring-2-billion-city/

  • minorkeys@sh.itjust.works
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    Take it out of the Arts funding. Well worth it.

  • moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com
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    Now do how much he saved the government from funding public art

  • spittingimage
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    But how can you put a price on art? /s

  • Canadian_Cabinet @lemmy.ca
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    Couldn’t they just get a guy to come and power-wash away the art? Grab a couple of cops as security

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      The government would make more money by carefully removing the entire section of wall and selling it at Christie’s.

    • TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social
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      It’s almost as if there’s an entire article about their efforts to do just that…

      • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml
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        They’re making a reference to a famous Banksy piece depicting what they described…

      • gedfromgont@piefed.ca
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        Woah, you got a link?

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