Banksy’s Hanky-Panky at Sotheby’s: Letting the Hot Air Out of Punctured “Balloon” — Part I

Banksy’s elaborately orchestrated send-up of the auction market — contriving to have his $1.4-million Girl with Balloon self-mutilate at the fall of the hammer on Friday at Sotheby’s London — is the subversive gift that keeps on giving.