Banksy: The Legendary Street Artist’s Most Baffling Secrets Finally Revealed!
Authenticity Wars
Banksy’s art, a dance between secrecy and public spectacle, faces a unique difficulty in the art market: the relentless pursuit of authenticity. His rise to fame, from street art to sought-after pieces, has ignited a paradox—the more renowned his work becomes, the more it is replicated.
His legal battles, notably against a greeting card company, exemplify this struggle. Banksy’s enigmatic anonymity adds complexity, with his authentication team, Pest Control, fighting to protect the “Laugh Now” monkey trademark, challenged as being “non-distinctive” and filed in “bad faith.”
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