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A new Banksy piece has sold for more than £200,000 at an auction raising money in opposition to an arms fair taking place in London.
The artwork, named Civilian Drone Strike, depicts drones destroying a child-like drawing of a house while a little girl and her dog watch on in horror.
The £205,000 made from the piece will be split between Campaign Against Arms Trade, which seeks to abolish the international arms trade, and Reprieve, which fights for human rights.
Andrew Smith, of Campaign Against Arms Trade, said: “This money will be used to ensure we mobilise even more people against the next arms fair, so that we can stop it from happening. It’s time to shut it down for good.”
Banksy – In pictures
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Banksy’s homage to Pulp Fiction in East London
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Sotheby’s host the first unauthorized retrospective exhibition of works by Banksy Curated by Steve Lazarides-Banksy’s agent in the early years
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Graffitti art by the ‘guerilla’ artist Banksy is seen on May 16, 2006 in Chalk Farm, London. The striking large scale spray-painted image entitled ‘Sweeping It Under The Carpet’ depicts a maid who cleaned the artist’s room in a motel in Los Angeles. The piece commissioned by ‘The Independent’ newspaper edited on Tuesday by U2’s frontman Bono, is intended to represent a metaphor for the west’s reluctance to tackle issues such as Aids in Africa
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An employee holds Banksy’s ‘Girl and Balloon’ which was painted on an Ikea frame at Bonhams auctioneers on March 23, 2012 in London
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Banky’s Les Mis artwork in Knightsbridge
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Builders remove a sheet of wood covering a Banksy artwork moments after being told to take it down from the building opposite the French embassy
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Banksy’s Barcode Leopard
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A migrant looks at the work by Banksy in the Calais migrant ‘jungle’
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A blanket covers a mural by elusive street artist Banksy of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, in a migrant camp on the outskirts of Calais. The piece has gained such popularity that people are being charged for the blanket to be lifted to that they can view it
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A woman attacked by seagulls piece by Banksy, during the press view for the artistís biggest show to date, entitled ‘Dismaland’, at Tropicana in Western-super-Mare, Somerset
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Dismal, and not how he meant it: Banksy’s Dismaland
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Banksy, Brick Lane
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Banksy – Love is in the Air street art, Soho, London
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A graffiti titled “Art Attack” made by the British, guerrilla, graffiti artist Banksy is seen on Israel’s highly controversial West Bank barrier in Ramallah
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Sold: This Banksy on the Gaza Strip was bought for just £118
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Mural: the artwork before it was covered (Photo: PA)
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Comic characters and fast food icons by Banksy
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A stencil image of a Banksy rat in Haringey, London
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Children pose for their photo with an installation of British graffiti artist Banksy’s art in New York in 2013
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Art installation by British artist Banksy, a robot and a barcode, is seen on a wall in the Coney Island area of New York City
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A piece of urban art by Banksy discovered on the wall of the Poundland store in Wood Green
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Mobile Lovers by Banksy on Clement Street, Bristol
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Art Buff created by street artist Banksy in Folkestone, KenT
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Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel in the Israeli occupied West Bank town of Bethlehem
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Self-portrait by Banksy
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Grafitti by the illusive artist Banksy adorns a building August 28, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisian
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British graffiti artist Banksy’s artwork ‘No Ball Games’
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Banksy’s Bronx Zoo at Yankee Stadium
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Banksy’s Eton Posse
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Cardinal Sin by artist Banksy at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
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A worker holding Banksy’s portrait of Kate Moss (2005) at a press preview for the exhibition Banksy: The Unauthorised Retrospective, curated by Steve Lazarides, at S|2 Gallery in London
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A Banksy mural which was painted on the side of one of the classrooms at Bridge Farm Primary in Bristol during half-term
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A stencil image of a rat in Haringey, London
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A dancer poses with a new installation of art by British graffiti artist Banksy painted on the front door of the Hustler Club in New York
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“Flower Girl,” a delicate stencil on a massive brick wall by popular street artist Banksy, is displayed in a warehouse in the greater Los Angeles, California
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Brexit mural: The artwork on the side of an abandoned arcade in Dover
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Detail from an installation by artist Banksy, entitled Civilian Drone Strike, on display at the Art the Arms Fair art exhibition 2017
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The Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) fair, held at the Excel centre in London’s Docklands, hosts more than 1,600 exhibitors from 54 countries.
It allows buyers and sellers of arms to meet and make preliminary deals.
Banksy, an anonymous street artist, is famed for his anti-war, anti-capitalism or anti-establishment artworks.
A number of other high-profile artists and activists have also contributed work to the Art the Arms Fair exhibition, including Peter Kennard, Guerilla Girls and Darren Cullen.
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