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Canadian police have launched an investigation after the theft of a Banksy print from an unauthorized exhibit of the guerrilla graffiti artist’s work in Toronto. | Canadian police have launched an investigation after the theft of a Banksy print from an unauthorized exhibit of the guerrilla graffiti artist’s work in Toronto. |
“We were called about a break and enter in the city’s west end,” said Constable Jenifferjit Sidhu on Thursday. “At some point last Sunday a Banksy print was removed from the exhibit.” | “We were called about a break and enter in the city’s west end,” said Constable Jenifferjit Sidhu on Thursday. “At some point last Sunday a Banksy print was removed from the exhibit.” |
The stolen Trolley Hunters print depicts crouching men in loin cloths armed with stone-tipped wooden spears and axes as they hunt grocery shopping carts in a grassy field. Its value is estimated at C$45,000 ($34,000), Sidhu said. | |
The Art of Banksy exhibit – curated by his former manager Steve Lazarides, but reportedly not endorsed by the artist himself – opened on Wednesday in a Toronto industrial building dressed up as an art gallery, as part of a larger North American run. | The Art of Banksy exhibit – curated by his former manager Steve Lazarides, but reportedly not endorsed by the artist himself – opened on Wednesday in a Toronto industrial building dressed up as an art gallery, as part of a larger North American run. |
Displaying about 80 works on loan from collectors, including sculptures, screen prints, canvases and multimedia pieces, it has been billed as the largest collection of Banksy works ever assembled. | Displaying about 80 works on loan from collectors, including sculptures, screen prints, canvases and multimedia pieces, it has been billed as the largest collection of Banksy works ever assembled. |
The exhibit runs until 11 July. | The exhibit runs until 11 July. |
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