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Banksy’s ‘Game Changer’ Canvas sells for a record £16.7m in aid of NHS charities, 2021

Title (Dublin Core)

Banksy’s ‘Game Changer’ Canvas sells for a record £16.7m in aid of NHS charities, 2021

Description (Dublin Core)

Banksy will donate the hammer price of £14.4m to help support health organisations and charities across the UK that enhance the NHS’s care and treatment. Christie’s Auction House will “donate a significant portion of the Buyer’s Premium to these causes” too.

The Game Changer canvas first appeared in May 2020 at the University Hospital Southampton as a thank you to all the staff and NHS workers across the country during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The black and white artwork shows a little boy playing with a superhero nurse whilst Batman and Spiderman’s usual heroes are now in the trash.

A reproduction of Game Changer will remain on view at University Hospital Southampton hospital.

Date (Dublin Core)

March 21, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Graffiti Street

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Dana Bell

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Webpage

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Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Art & Design
English Health & Wellness
English Healthcare
English Public Space
English Public Health & Hospitals

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

United Kingdom
National Healthcare Services
art
Banksy
hospital
nurse
children
artist

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

pandemic art
pandemic
University Hospital Southampton
Art
nurse
Game Changer
Hospital
hospital
donation
child
Banksy
artist

Collection (Dublin Core)

Healthcare
Visual Arts

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

04/07/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

04/11/2021
08/02/2022
09/08/2024

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This item was submitted on April 7, 2021 by Dana Bell using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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