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Saturday, October 06, 2018
Banksy painting self destructs as gavel falls at 1.4 m
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/banksy-painting-self-destructs-auction-trnd/index.html
The revenge of art over commerce, like the tulip bubble.
I don't know how Sotheby's or buyer will take/handle it.
Full refund probably.
Great coup of performance art, only wish kava hearing were like this.
km
10-6-2018
Within our sacred temple--Rene Pape--lyrics in English by McClatchy--from The Magic Flute.
https://www.google.com/search?q=within+these+sacred+temples+rene+pape+Magic+Fute+youtube&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=8d771920c62c0c...
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https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Famous+Chinese+tenors#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:12005ab7,vid:_d4ap5I_tmk,st:0
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https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-post-apocalyptic-books