Toronto Police Investigating Banksy Print Stolen From City's West End

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Toronto police investigating Banksy print stolen from city's west end
"Lazarides has billed "The Art of Banksy" as the largest collection of the U.K. artist's work ever put on display, containing about $35 million worth of art.

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A preview of the Art of Banksy exhibit at 213 Sterling Road in Toronto is pictured on Monday, June 11, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin.

Police say they received a call about the missing art piece on Saturday and that the local division has opened an investigation."

 

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Must have been that dire culprit Robin Banksy.

 

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Wonder if LE have ever located the woman who stole a rock from the Yoko Ono collection in Toronto several months ago?
speculation.
April 9 2018
Toronto police hunt for woman accused of stealing Yoko Ono's £12,400 stone
"Toronto police hunt for woman accused of stealing Yoko Ono's £12,400 stone
The stone, inscribed with the words ‘Love yourself’, formed part of an interactive installation at the city’s Gardiner museum
Female sought in Theft Over $5000 investigation. Mon. Mar. 12, at 5:35 p.m., at the Gardiner Museum located at 111 Queen’s Park. She allegedly stole a rock on display of an art exhibit. "

 

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Banksy print stolen from Toronto’s west end

"Trolley Hunt" print stolen from "The Art of Banksy" exhibition. (Toronto Police handout)

 

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- at approximately 5:04 a.m, a man entered through an interior door of the premises to gain entry - once inside, the man picked up a print, "Trolley Hunters," and left the exhibit through the same interior door He is described as wearing glasses, black jacket, green camouflage baseball hat, blue jeans rolled at the cuff, grey running shoes, glasses. Anyone with information is asked to contact the 11 Division Major Crime Unit at 416-808-1100, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, online on our Facebook Leave a Tip page, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.

 

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Wonder if LE have ever located the woman who stole a rock from the Yoko Ono collection in Toronto several months ago?
speculation.
April 9 2018
Toronto police hunt for woman accused of stealing Yoko Ono's £12,400 stone
"Toronto police hunt for woman accused of stealing Yoko Ono's £12,400 stone
The stone, inscribed with the words ‘Love yourself’, formed part of an interactive installation at the city’s Gardiner museum
Female sought in Theft Over $5000 investigation. Mon. Mar. 12, at 5:35 p.m., at the Gardiner Museum located at 111 Queen’s Park. She allegedly stole a rock on display of an art exhibit. "

In her defense, it was advertised as an "interactive" exhibit!

 

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Banksy painting Girl With Red Balloon 'self-destructs' after £1m sale at Sotheby's

 

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Banksy painting Girl With Red Balloon 'self-destructs' after £1m sale at Sotheby's

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Girl With Red Balloon, one of Banksy's best-known images, is shredded moments after being sold at auction in London

"The unexpected incident became instant art world folklore and certainly marks the first time in auction history that a work of art automatically shredded itself after coming under the hammer," the auctioneers added in the statement"
"But perhaps, now known as the subject of one of the greatest pranks in the art world, Girl With Red Balloon will be worth even more in its shredded state."

 

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Banksy painting Girl With Red Balloon 'self-destructs' after £1m sale at Sotheby's

Nuts!
Girl With Red Balloon, one of Banksy's best-known images, is shredded moments after being sold at auction in London

"The unexpected incident became instant art world folklore and certainly marks the first time in auction history that a work of art automatically shredded itself after coming under the hammer," the auctioneers added in the statement"
"But perhaps, now known as the subject of one of the greatest pranks in the art world, Girl With Red Balloon will be worth even more in its shredded state."