Banksy Reveals “Girl With Balloon” Painting Didn’t Self-Destruct According to Plan. Banksy posted a new video to his website Tuesday implying the partial shredding of his "Girl With Balloon ...

On Friday, a Banksy painting titled “Girl with Red Balloon” was being auctioned at Sotheby’s in London. The spray-painted and acrylic piece depicted a little girl extending her arm out for a ...

At least that’s what the famous London auction house will have you believe about Banksy’s “Girl with Balloon,” which was reduced to shreds last Friday moments after selling for $1.4 million.

The work features a young girl reaching for a red heart-shaped balloon. A gallery technician adjusts Banksy's artwork "Balloon Girl" (1975) at Sotheby's auction house at Olympia in London Feb 2, 2007.

Video footage has shown the moment a famous Banksy was stolen from an art gallery in a brazen heist by hooded thieves. One of Banksy's most iconic works, Girl with Balloon, was taken from a London ...

The "Girl with Balloon" first appeared on the streets of London's Shoreditch neighbourhood in 2002, with Banksy creating versions of the painting on London's South Bank in 2004 and at Israel's ...

Reuters. Gallery manager Lindor Mehmetaj poses for a photo next to Banksy's 'Girl with Balloon', which is seen in a police evidence bag, at Grove Gallery where it was returned after being stolen ...

The work features a young girl reaching for a red heart-shaped balloon and there are several murals depicting the same image in London and elsewhere. The two men, aged 47 and 53, ...