Which anonymous British street artist built a hidden shredder into a painting's frame that activated moments after the piece sold at a 2018 auction?

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What new title did Banksy give to the partially shredded remains of 'Girl with Balloon' after his 2018 auction stunt?

Banksy's shredding painting at auction in 2018 created a new artwork mid-sale—the frame itself contained a hidden shredder that activated.

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Which Brazilian city is widely recognized as the birthplace of Pixação, the graffiti style with a lettering system so cryptic only fellow writers can read it?

Brazil's Pixo graffiti writers use their own coded lettering system so complex that only other Pixo members can read their tags.

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Which artist drew on blank black advertising panels in the New York City subway during the early 1980s, later being hired by the transit authority for official murals?

Keith Haring's subway drawings in 1980s New York were technically illegal, yet the MTA eventually hired him to create authorized murals.

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In medieval stained glass making, what color did artisans typically produce by firing a silver compound mixed with substances like urine onto glass?

Medieval stained glass makers used urine to create brilliant yellow paint, making church windows literal vessels of human waste.

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Which Michelangelo sculpture bears the only signature he is known to have placed on any of his works?

Michelangelo never signed a single painting or sculpture. He identified his work only once: carving his name into the Pietà's sash after overhearing someone else claim it.

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Which artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel between 1508 and 1512?

Michelangelo initially refused the Sistine Chapel commission, insisting he was a sculptor, not a painter.