Nope, he’s not painting over the dtLA Banksy, he’s applying some type of protective clear coat. This comes after the Banksy on 4th and La Brea was cut out of the wall and stolen.
Update: Here’s a video of the La Brea Banksy being taken away. I guess the owner of the building did this?
Another interesting update from LAist about the La Brea piece:
The video’s source claims they asked the workers what they were doing, and they responded that “they were hired to remove it, and that it would go into a ‘big collection of art.’” A look at Google Maps’ Street View of the building shows a banner with the phone number of Ace Gallery as a contact, which now puts the legitimacy of the piece and the sale in question. JetSet asserts “the artist never confirmed the work was his, and the piece is now considered counterfeit,” adding that it “makes sense for the artist to distance himself from the work now. Banksy never confirmed it was his to begin with, so Ace Gallery and every other greedy art-star fucker can piss off.”
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