Offered by Christie’s Education in New York, Street Art: From Basquiat to Banksy is a short online course exploring the migration of graffiti from the fringes of the art world to its epicentre This documentary shows how owning and selling a decontextualized installation, once meant to reflect the suffering of systemic unrest, is now a lucrative business for some galleries.‘Part of what I do and want to do is bring art into everyday life’ - Kenny Scharf The first one being “Wet Dog”, which originally appeared on a bus stop, and the second “Stop and Search”, which originally appeared on the wall of a butcher shop, that were both removed from Palestine and sold for thousands of pounds. The documentary includes the fate of two original pieces stencilled in Palestine in 2005.

Saving Banksy digs deep into ethical questions of this movement, including whether or not art dealers have the right to remove public graffiti and sell it at high-end auctions. “Saving Banksy” documents this true story and explores the evolution of graffiti into street art and the growing practice of art dealers removing street art and selling it without the artists permission. The question is what is going to happen to the Banksy rat? With local museums turning down the free Banksy and a New York gallerist, who has made it his business model to remove Banksy street works from all over the globe, doing whatever it takes to get the Rat in his possession. One art collector saves a Banksy piece from being destroyed with the request that he doesn’t sell the artwork and uses it to promote conversation.

However, Banksy’s art was quickly destroyed by local writers and authorities wanting to remove the “vandalism”. Internationally known graffiti artist, Banksy, left his mark on San Francisco in April 2010.

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